Conversion from Java to C# in Visual Studio 2008

Apparently the Java Conversion tool that used to be in Visual Studio 2005 is
no longer supported in Visual Studio 2008. Anyone have any suggestions on how
to convert a Java program to C# in Visual Studio 2008?

re: Conversion from Java to C# in Visual Studio 2008

"Flavelle Ballem" wrote:
I've always done it by hand. I never used it, but thought the old VS
brought java in as JSharp.

re: Conversion from Java to C# in Visual Studio 2008

Family Tree Mike <FamilyTreeMike@discussions.microsoft.comwrote:Indeed - a hand-crafted conversion is likely to end up with much better
code, particularly in terms of using things like generics. (As far as
I'm aware the old conversion assistant only coped with 1.1 code anyway,
which is rather a limitation, given that Java 1.2 was released nearly
10 years ago...)

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re: Conversion from Java to C# in Visual Studio 2008

So by hand is to setup the C# code, based on the Java code? Do you have any
suggestions on how to approach this, and are there references that will help.
I know C# fairly well, not a clue on Java.

"Jon Skeet [C# MVP]" wrote:

re: Conversion from Java to C# in Visual Studio 2008

On Sat, 22 Dec 2007 01:27:00 -0800, Flavelle Ballem
<fballem@noemail.noemailwrote:
This is a forlorn hope, but -- have there been any new developments or
discoveries on this front in the last couple of months?

I just purchased VS 2008 to convert and complete a large project which
was begun in Java, but which turned out to require some features which
are only available in .NET. I was aware that the converter was no
longer supported and no longer packaged with Visual Studio, but I knew
that it could be downloaded separately. I have now discovered that
with VS 2008 it won't even install.

I had expected to tweak this application's GUI (which is elementary)
and add some code to make the application communicate with Microsoft
Office. Now I'm looking at hand-converting thousands of lines of Java
code before I can even get started. If there's no way around this, I
may have to choose between abandoning the project and buying a copy of
VS 2005 which I will use just once. Neither prospect is appealing.

re: Conversion from Java to C# in Visual Studio 2008

On Feb 15, 8:19 pm, Jonathan Sachs <js070...@sbcglobal.netwrote:

<snip>
To be honest, you're likely to get a better result by hand conversion
anyway. You can convert it into *idiomatic* C# rather than converted
Java. I've seen projects which have taken the "convert from Java"
approach, and it's very obvious and offputting. It's also hard to fix
after you've started.

Jon

re: Conversion from Java to C# in Visual Studio 2008

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 12:23:46 -0800 (PST), "Jon Skeet [C# MVP]"
<skeet@pobox.comwrote:
I know you're trying to offer consolation, but that really doesn't
change anything. The project is at the proof-of-concept stage; the
code doesn't have to be efficient or maintainable, but it has to work.
There will be plenty of time to do a clean conversion once the proof
of concept is finished, but if I can't finish it without a ton of
work, I probably won't get it finished it at all.

re: Conversion from Java to C# in Visual Studio 2008

Jonathan Sachs wrote:IIRC it will only do Java 1.1 anyway (or maybe 1.2 - I don't remember)

Alun Harford

re: Conversion from Java to C# in Visual Studio 2008

On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 20:19:13 GMT, Jonathan Sachs wrote:
You don't need to buy the Visual Studi for that one use. You could always
download a trial version from the Microsoft site and use that to convert.
Although I would be surprised if you didn't have to do some grunt work
yourself
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re: Conversion from Java to C# in Visual Studio 2008

On Tue, 19 Feb 2008 23:19:35 +0300, "Rad [Visual C# MVP]"
<nospam@nospam.comwrote:
That is a very interesting possibility. Can you tell me where to get
the download? I'm surprised that Microsoft still offers a free trial
of a product that is no longer being sold.

I found what appears to be the former starting point for downloading
trials of Visual Studio 2005, but the download links have been
stubbed.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/bb188238.aspx