Write in Java to work with .Net?

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I was wondering if anyone have experience writing codes in Java while compiling it into .Net assemblies? What are your thoughts? What library did you use to do so and what are the disadvantages of codes in Java to become .Net application?

I see there are a couple of libraries out there that help out with Java <-> .Net communication (eg. JNBridge http://www.jnbridge.com/, IKVM.NET http://www.ikvm.net/) .

Let me know if you have suggestions on how to go about doing this task, or may be a reason to why not bother doing it and better off starting out with .Net (C# may be)

Why don't you just use .Net in the first place? Or are you porting? — Andreas Grech
– Andreas Grech, Commented May 10, 2011 at 20:55
More out of curiosity of how feasible it is to write something in Java and put it out as .Net assemblies — TS-
– TS-, Commented May 10, 2011 at 21:07

Guy Starbuck · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-10 20:58:53Z

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I would suggest that you are almost certain to be better off starting with C#, unless you are doing a straight port and are ready to deal with lots of integration issues. C# is pretty similar to Java syntactically and conceptually, and the .NET tooling will work with it a lot better.

answered May 10, 2011 at 20:58

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alpian · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-10 20:58:56Z

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I wrote my own native JNI bridge from Java to .NET since we couldn't buy one off the shelf. It worked but it was extremely painful to get right. The path of least resistance with Java/.NET integration is to use a web-service (IMHO). This way you can do your Java things in Java and your .NET things on .NET.

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TS- Over a year ago

Thanks, though I am not looking for "integration" per se with communication between Java/.Net - more about writing codes in Java to create .Net assembly. Just out of curiosity about doing something like that.

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