Java and I/O

[Bob Ruth]

Every time I see I/O come up in Java-land it is either disk files, network, or console. Does Java have facilities for accessing other devices with drivers installed? I mean, if I wanted to plug in a PCI based A/D - D/A card what kind of support does Java have for letting me write apps to control it?

[Ulf Dittmer]

It's possible to access other kinds of devices using Java, e.g. the Java IO FAQ links to resources about USB and serial I/O.

It's likely that a specialty device like a A/D-D/A converter has a special interface; check its documentation to see how it's supposed to be accessed.