Java and C# in 1 project

[Vu Pham]

Hi all,
I want to write a project with both Java & C# . I will compile C# code to .dll file . How can I use that .dll file in Java code ?

[Stan James]

Java has the Java Native Interface (JNI) technology to call to a C/C++ module with methods specially crafted just for this purpose. The C module could call to your C# module and back again. If your C# program is a COM server, Google for "java com bridge" frameworks. Some are free and some are good. Not sure any are both. And you can go for inter-process communication over sockets or HTTP. I think there is a decent Java-DDE implementation, too.

Any of those sound promising? I don't do .net so I could easily be unaware of other really cool options.
[ October 17, 2005: Message edited by: Stan James ]

[Tony Morris]

Why not compile your Java to MSIL?
I haven't googled it, but I'll bet such a thing exists nowadays (haven't used .NET in a while).
The CLR Specification is quite clearly designed to provide a migration from Java. I'm surprised it doesn't explicitly state it, though one might argue that it does.

[Vu Pham]

And you can go for inter-process communication over sockets or HTTP

Would you like to give me some tutorials about that ? Thanks very much .

[Chetan Parekh]

Originally posted by Tony Morris:
Why not compile your Java to MSIL?
I haven't googled it, but I'll bet such a thing exists nowadays (haven't used .NET in a while).
The CLR Specification is quite clearly designed to provide a migration from Java. I'm surprised it doesn't explicitly state it, though one might argue that it does.

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