How can Java access COM control (on windows platform) APIs

Question

Hello All,

I have a COM control (on windows) that exposes a set of APIs. I have written applications in VC++ and C# and can access the APIs. Now I need to write a Java application that will use those COM APIs. Could you let me know how can I do that? Do I need to write a Java wrapper for the COM control (like JNI)?

Thanks.

Answer 1

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