I am trying to write a
Java application to bridge from a legacy file manager (used as a database) to Oracle 9i database. This will enable us to continue to use about 300 Fortran programs that are mission critical for our multi-store retail operation. Once we consolidate/migrate to our Oracle 9i database, we plan to gradually rewrite our applications in Java. We currently struggle with frequent batch mode data transfers to try to keep the 2 databases consistent.
My problem is that the Fortran guy and the consultant tell me it is impossible to write this �bridge� program in Java because the Fortran calls machine-executable subroutines and Java has bytecode rather than fully compiled code. I think they are probably correct. They want to write it in C with embedded SQL.
I want to work on this project, but I don�t know C and I don�t want to learn it since I think it�s becoming as dead as Fortran. Any suggestions on how I can use my knowledge of Java to work on this project?