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POCan I simulate game pad button presses with Java's Robot class (Java.awt.robot)?
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copied!<p>I'm using an Arduino Uno to hook a (genuine) SNES controller to a computer via USB or Bluetooth.</p> <p>The Arduino captures the controller's button presses and releases using the <a href="http://code.google.com/p/nespad/" rel="nofollow">snespad library</a>. It communicates button presses and releases as characters (e.g. 'a' for pressing A, 'A' for releasing 'A'). Next, a Java program listens to the serial output using the <a href="http://rxtx.qbang.org/wiki/index.php/Main_Page" rel="nofollow">rxtx library</a>. Finally, a <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/Robot.html" rel="nofollow">Java robot</a> simulates key presses using the <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/Robot.html#keyPress%28int%29" rel="nofollow">keyPress</a> and <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/Robot.html#keyRelease%28int%29" rel="nofollow">keyRelease</a>.</p> <p>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.</p> <p>Java doesn't appear to have any game pad <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/api/java/awt/event/KeyEvent.html" rel="nofollow">KeyEvents</a>. When I say "game pad KeyEvent," I mean something like what the Android SDK has: <a href="http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html" rel="nofollow">http://developer.android.com/reference/android/view/KeyEvent.html</a> (ctrl+f "game pad" or "button".)</p> <p>My question is, is there a way to simulate game pad button presses instead of keystrokes using Java's robot class?</p>

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