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n00b
n00b

Reputation: 911

How to compile java code from a .net application?

I am creating a source code editor for Java using C# in .NET 4. I need to know how I can interact with the jre to compile the java code on my application editor interface from .net. I wish to display the user any errors on the code as well. Any ideas on how to accomplish this will be greatly appreciated.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1947

Answers (2)

Sourav
Sourav

Reputation: 36

Perhaps the most natural interoperability method is to run the Java code in a JVM, the .NET code in a CLR, and use a runtime bridge to manage the communications between them. In this scenario, the .NET code calls .NET classes and objects that act as proxies for the Java classes and objects. The proxies manage the communication; the calling .NET classes aren't even aware that they're ultimately calling Java classes. A runtime bridge provides interoperability for a wide variety of architectures, because the Java code and the .NET code can be on different machines, the Java code can run in a standalone JVM or in a Java EE application server, and the solution provides interoperability for any JDK version. As with bytecode translation solutions, you need only the Java bytecodes, not the source.

The code for this article uses JNBridgePro from JNBridge.

Upvotes: 0

Brian Agnew
Brian Agnew

Reputation: 272237

Note that the JRE is the runtime, and as such doesn't come with the compiler. You will require the JDK to compile.

I think the simplest solution is to spawn off an instance of javac from within your .Net application. Perhaps a preferable solution (however) would be to write your app in Java itself, and you can then make use of the Java compiler API directly within your app.

Upvotes: 2

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