I was wondering if I could find a java binding for any of the existing physics libraries, like Havok, Ageia or the upcoming DirectX API ? I’d like to fool around with it, but I don’t want to jump through all the hoops just to take a quick look at the API. :
There is a java binding for ODE: odejava.
And if you like a physics engine independent API, have a look at jME Physics 2. It is scenegraph dependent though (jME). Currently the only implementation also uses ODE.
(yes, this can be considered advertising, as I’m the author of jME Physics 2 :))
Theres a binding for Newton (called JNewton) here. Newton is meant to be alot more stable then ODE, although closed source…
DP