How to use memcached on Win32?

Question

I am using Win32 memcached from http://labs.northscale.com/memcached-packages/ And there is a DLL file within the package.

Now I am trying to write my Java project to use memcached. Somebody suggested Java -> JNI -> Custom DLL -> standard DLL call -> 3rd Party DLL in order to use the API.

What is the solution?

Answer 1

These articles might help:

1. JNI Basics 1
2. Call a .dll from Java
3. Making a native call without JNI

Answer 2

There are several Java Memcached clients, such as http://code.google.com/p/spymemcached/ and http://wiki.github.com/gwhalin/Memcached-Java-Client/ Using those is probably easier than re-inventing the wheel...

Answer 3

You run Memcached as a separate program, possibly as a service, and you connect to it through TCP/IP. That's how it works on other platforms too.

You don not load Memcached as a DLL.