Is it possible to create a VST that wraps around a standalone Java program, launching it as a separate process?

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I am the developer of a synth written in Java that is currently a standalone program that I'd like to turn into a VST. There are in theory VST wrappers for Java, the most well-known one being jVSTwRapper, but these are very old and unmaintained and only support 32-bit Java 8 and VST2. My synth is using 64-bit Java 19, so there's clearly a disconnect. I'm assuming it's a lost cause trying to get this to work with my project. If it's at all relevant, my synth uses JavaFX for the GUI.

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Since I seem to be stuck in turning the Java program into a VST, is it instead possible to create a separate program that is a VST using C++ (e.g. with JUCE) or Rust (e.g. with nih-plug) that starts my Java synth as a separate process and communicates via localhost or pipes and just forwards any inputs to the synths, as well as recieving any audio data generated?

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