[Mono-list] how to compile a java

[George Birbilis]

>If you use the ikvmc (ikvm compiler) you can compile a java class file into
>a .net binary, however I don't think there is a way to compile a java file
>directly, which I am taking from the ikvm site:
>http://www.ikvm.net/devguide/java2net.html.  From what I understand ikvm is
>just a byte code converter/ translator and does not actually generate byte
code
>from source files.  Hope that helps.

try JLCA (Java Language Convertion Assistant), free from MS
it will convert Java code to C#, using only .NET standard libraries (no
extra MS libraries)

won't convert yet all stuff (sometimes there's no direct equivalent from a
Java feature to .NET), but it's latest version even converts RMI stuff I've
heard

then use that C# source code and compile either with MS C# compiler or with
mono's

if you use .NET on Windows, play with the J# compiler instead (that one
needs some extra libraries to be installed, but future .NET runtime versions
will include the J# libraries too). I'm not sure if J# runtime libraries
would work if copied to mono, I even dought it's legal too, but for your own
home projects you could try doing it

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