title: Calling C++ libraries from Python or Java using Eclipse
body: <p>I am trying to call a library written in C++ called VFML (<a href="http://www.cs.washington.edu/dm/vfml/" rel="nofollow">http://www.cs.washington.edu/dm/vfml/</a>) in Python or Java using Eclipse. I am new to Python and have not programmed in C language. Is there any methods to do this that doesn't require the knowledge of C++ programming as it would take time to learn the language. Any tutorials or guides on how this can be done would help as well.</p>
  
  <p>I use Eclipse to run both Python modules and Java classes. It would be great if anyone knows if it's possible to call the C++ library in Eclipse using Java or Python.  Thank you.</p>
  
  <p>Edit 1:</p>
  
  <p>Thanks for all the answers. I was mistaken about VFML being written in C++. It was C language as pointed out. It would seems most of the answers given would suggest some kind of understanding of the C language in order to call the libraries in Python or even Java. I have heard of SWIG. Any ideas if this would be workable as without any knowledge in C language I cannot even know if I can get the library working properly. Another question would be if there is any Eclipse plugin for SWIG as I use both Python and Java  with Eclipse.</p>