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Vishnu Pradeep
Vishnu Pradeep

Reputation: 2097

can use a library created in vb.net or c# in java?

I have written some classes in C# and compiled it. Now I have the library file for these classes. Can I use the same dll with Java?

I do not want to write it in Java once again because I am writing the same program in different languages (trying to do so).

So I am making the classes to a library file and want to use it in all the programing languages.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 173

Answers (3)

Ralph Cristian P. Layog
Ralph Cristian P. Layog

Reputation: 272

You need to searialize your code into byte, xml or json. so you can use your codes in another language

Upvotes: 1

Martijn Verburg
Martijn Verburg

Reputation: 3305

One area you can look into is JNI (Java Native Interface), see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Native_Interface as a starting point. There are possibly easier to use bridges for .NET to Java, ah here we go, see Calling C# code from Java?

Upvotes: 1

Marc Gravell
Marc Gravell

Reputation: 1062492

Java normally uses a completely different runtime (inside the JVM). There are tools intending to help bridge the gap (IKVM leaps to mind), but in general: no, you can't do this. Of course, you can use IPC etc to talk between them, but they are not best friends.

Upvotes: 3

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