Can I simulate game pad button presses with Java's Robot class (Java.awt.robot)?

Question

I'm using an Arduino Uno to hook a (genuine) SNES controller to a computer via USB or Bluetooth.

The Arduino captures the controller's button presses and releases using the snespad library . It communicates button presses and releases as characters (eg 'a' for pressing A, 'A' for releasing 'A'). Next, a Java program listens to the serial output using the rxtx library . Finally, a Java robot simulates key presses using the keyPress and keyRelease .

Unfortunately, this approach has a few drawbacks. The main issue is key mapping. I kind of arbitrarily decided which buttons would be which keyboard keys.

Java doesn't appear to have any game pad KeyEvents . When I say "game pad KeyEvent," I mean something like what the Android SDK has: http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html (ctrl+f "game pad" or "button".)

My question is, is there a way to simulate game pad button presses instead of keystrokes using Java's robot class?

Answer 1

USING THE ROBOT CLASS IN JAVA

You can create virtual keypresses/releases in the following way...

Robot robo=new Robot();
robo.keyPress(KeyEvent.VK_A);
//don't forget to release it else you'll land up in infinite loop
robo.KeyRelease(KeyEvent.VK_A);

cheers

Answer 2

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