JUMP to .NET Overview
Java User Migration Path to Microsoft .NET (JUMP to .NET) is a
set of independently developed technologies and service offerings
that enable programmers to preserve, enhance, and migrate Java
language projects onto the Microsoft .NET platform. JUMP to .NET
enables Microsoft Visual J++� customers and other
programmers who use the Java language to take advantage of existing
skills and code investments while fully exploiting the Microsoft
platform today and into the future. JUMP to .NET provides the
easiest transition for Java developers into the world of XML-based
Web Services, and dramatically improves the interoperability of the
Java language with software written in a variety of other
programming languages.
JUMP to .NET gives customers a number of paths for migrating
their Java language investments to the .NET platform. Existing
applications developed with Visual J++ can be easily modified to
execute on the .NET platform, interoperate with other .NET languages
and applications, and incorporate new .NET functionality. Further,
developers familiar with the Java language syntax can use it to
create new .NET applications or migrate existing code entirely to
the C# language. JUMP to .NET consists of three sets of tools:
- Interoperability support. A set of tools that enable
many existing applications built with Visual J++ to be easily and
mechanically modified to work with the .NET platform. Once
modified, applications can be easily extended to take advantage of
new .NET functionality, such as native Web Services support.
- Programming tools support. A set of tools that can be
hosted in the Visual Studio.NET integrated development environment
and that allow developers to use the Java language syntax to
directly target the .NET platform.
- Automated conversion from Java source code to C#. A
tool that automatically converts existing Java source code into
C#, migrating both language syntax and library calls. Any code
that cannot be converted is flagged within the Visual Studio.NET
integrated development environment to help developers easily find
and quickly address any remaining conversion issues.
JUMP to .NET Availability
A beta release of the JUMP to .NET tools is expected in the first
half of 2001, with a final release in the second half of the year.
The tools will work in conjunction with Visual Studio.NET. Pricing
for these tools will be announced later this year.
JUMP to .NET complements the previous announcement that Microsoft
would continue to ship and support Visual J++ after the settlement
of the litigation between Microsoft and Sun Microsystems.
To express your interest in receiving the future beta release of
JUMP to .NET tools, please send us an e-mail.
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