Building Applications

This chapter provides instructions on how to build Connext DDS applications for the following platforms:

• UNIX-Based Platforms (including Solaris™, Red Hat® and Yellow Dog™ Linux, QNX®, and LynxOS® systems)
• Windows Platforms
• Java Platforms

While you can create applications for other operating systems, the platforms presented in this chapter are a good starting point. We recommend that you first build and test your application on one of these systems.

Instructions for other supported target platforms are provided in the Platform Notes.

To build a non-Java application using Connext DDS, you must specify the following items:

• NDDSHOME environment variable
• Connext DDS header files
• Connext DDS libraries to link
• Compatible system libraries
• Compiler options

To build Java applications using Connext DDS, you must specify the following items:

• NDDSHOME environment variable
• Connext DDS JAR file
• Compatible Java virtual machine (JVM)
• Compiler options

This chapter describes the basic steps you will take to build an application on the above-mentioned platforms. Specific details, such as exactly which libraries to link, compiler flags, etc. are in the RTI Connext DDS Core Libraries Platform NotesPlatform Notes.

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