title: How do Rails and Jruby relate?
body: <p><strong>Background:</strong> I have a java library that is accessed by many developers - usually via java. However, a few devs hope to access this via a Ruby API. I am gravitating in the direction of Jruby in order to implement a Java-Ruby API.</p>
  
  <p><strong>Questions:</strong> </p>
  
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  <li><p>My main concern is that these developers will not be able to utilize the API in their current, Ruby on Rails development framework; but instead will have to operate within Jruby's rails environment. Is this going to be the case?</p></li>
  <li><p>Perhaps I'm missing a connection between Jruby and Ruby on Rails. But it seems that you can either work in Rails, or work in Jruby's rails - are these technically two different development environments? </p></li>
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  <p>I would really appreciate any light someone could shed on this..</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit</strong>: Forcing developers (actually clients to be more specific) to make large changes to their projects in order to accomodate for this API is not really an option. So, if their Rails apps would have to be converted to Jruby on Rails apps, then perhaps someone could offer yet another alternative for me (other than Jruby)?</p>