[Xapian-devel] GSoc Applicant

[Hassan Radi]

Hi there everyone,

Hope this finds you all well.

My name is Hassan and I am a Software Developer/Tester. I am applying for
Google Summer of Code this year for the Java Bindings Improvements project.
I have some questions that I'd like to ask, but first let me introduce
myself appropriately.

My name is Hassan Radi and I have been working in the software development
field for 4 years. Most of my work involves working with Java as its my
preferred language, but I can also work with C#, C++  and JSP. I have
participated in the Open Source community with two projects: JPDF Tools and
JPDF Export. The two projects are hosted on SourceForge website. For more
information regarding these projects please refer to:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jpdftools/,
http://sourceforge.net/projects/jpdfexport/.

My questions are:
1- I don't have experience with SWIG and JNI. Can I learn them during the
GSoC period?
2- I need to know more information regarding the Java bindings project and
what is exactly required to be implemented?
3- What should I expect to work with? Plain Java, Threads or external
Libraries?
4- The project mentor is James Aylett and the Wiki mentioned something
about not to contact him directly, so I was wondering what should I do if I
need more information for my GSoC application? Should I write about that
here in the mailing list?

Thanks in advance and looking forward to your reply.

Best regards,

-- 
Hassan Muhammad Hassan
Third Year-Computer Engineering Department
Faculty of Engineering-Cairo University
Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100002387443281>-
LinkedIn<http://www.linkedin.com/pub/hassan-radi/3b/906/7b2>
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Software Tester at UTest.com <http://www.utest.com/>
Coordinator of the Arabic Translation team of Gephi
<https://www.transifex.net/projects/p/gephi/team/ar/>project
*Website:* http://hassan1990.users.sourceforge.net/
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