That depends upon what you are looking for specifically. There are three basic options: 1. Execute a .NET class from within a Java class through proxied calls 2. Execute a .NET class using the same syntax as you would with a Java class 3. Building from item #2 a transparent layer allowing you to treat a .NET class as if it were a Java class in so much as you can even inherit from it.
There are one or two products that match the first option which they do through .NET remoting. It's rather clunky though. For the later two options there are a number of projects out there, including one being developed at Gestaltech, but no one has anything production ready. There are a number of challenges that are not easily handled. rish -----Original Message----- From: Katz, Dov B (IT) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 10:02 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: .NET under CFMX Just curious. Are there any java runtime .NET hosts? (which provides api functionality to run .NET classes from inside a running Java app)? More general than just for CF. -----Original Message----- From: Guy Rish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 10:50 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: .NET under CFMX Neil, The product in question is Black Knight. http://www.gestaltech.com/products/blackknight/blackknight_overview.cfm Black Knight provides a .NET runtime host and an API that matches the CFX API exactly. You write a CFX in any .NET language and call it through a proxy. You could use BlueDragon but that would mean having to switch over to another server and it would not allow you to run both Java and .NET stuff - it's a one or the other option. Using Black Knight you can leverage .NET with your current installation without giving up one for the other. I'm not bashing on BlueDragon in anyway mind you - I worked on the product briefly for New Atlanta. It's a matter of needs. If you've a Java investment and also need to use .NET then your options begin to narrow a bit. rish ---------------------------------------------- Guy Rish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Gestaltech, Inc. be more... -----Original Message----- From: Neil Middleton [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:06 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: .NET under CFMX Any links for the CFX interface? On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 13:40:13 +0000, JediHomer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Depends on the Application i suppose. > > For a while, one one of the sites we run, because there were sections > of code that didnt need access to session information or Application > information (except Datasource which we hardcoded) our site ran CF and > ASP.NET in tandem. > > It depends on how you want to use dot net.... Matt Liotta and his > company write a CFX interface for dot net so you could access > components that way. > > If a component is written with COM in mind it possible to create COM > objects which CF may be able to talk to... > > HTH > > On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:45:20 +0000, Neil Middleton > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am trying to find out about using .NET components underneath a > > Coldfusion front end. > > > > Reason I say this is that a large number of our clients are pushing > > for .NET applications, but we currently have a large group of legacy > > CF based applications and all of our in-house expertise is also CF. > > > > So, the question is, can .NET be used from CF in much the same way > > as Java can? Can we write some parts of our application .NET > > without having to move entirely across? Do we need something like > > Bluedragon or would CFMX on Windows with the .NET framework suffice? > > Are there any other considerations I might have missed? > > > > -- > > Neil > > http://theservicefactory.blogspot.com > > > > Get Firefox - http://www.getfirefox.com > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:191204 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
