Writing GNOME apps with JAVA ?

[Renald WITTEMBERG <rwittemb club-internet fr>]

Hello !

First of all, let me thank you for the great job you are doing on the
gnome project. We really need a desktop
like this for linux !
In advance, please excuse me for my approximative english : I am french.

I would like to ask  a question, and I hope I will not disturb you.
Maybe the answer exists somewhere,
but I couldn't find it.
I want to know which tool is used to make gnome apps communicate ? Is it

CORBA ?
If yes, is it possible to write gnome apps in JAVA ?

Thank you for your answer, and thank you again for your great job !

Renald WITTEMBERG.