Good alternative to shared memory IPC for Java/C++ apps on Linux

Question

I'm currently using shared memory for IPC between Java and C++ apps, but looking for a more convenient alternative.

Can someone advise a better method with same performance and speed?

Thanks!

Answer 1

It depends on how you plan to have your apps interact. In the POSIX environment, you have pipes, shared memory, sockets, semaphores and message queues. See this question: Comparing unix linux IPC for more information.

What is the interaction model for your processes (i.e. client/server, producer-consumer, etc)?

From personal experience, I would suggest your best bet would be pipes (since they are just files to read and write bytes) or sockets (since both languages support them).