.NET-to-Java tool introduced

Mainsoft announced Mainsoft for Java EE Version 2.2, an interoperability toolkit that translates .NET code into Java applications.

The component enables a development team to write applications using C# or VB.NET and translate these to run on a Java EE server. ASP.NET controls can convert to run on Java Server Pages. The toolkit is accessed as a plug-in to Visual Studio, which can compile code directly to Java byte code.

"With the 2.2 release, developers can use the Visual Studio development environment and ASP.NET AJAX to develop enterprise applications with a sophisticated user interface, and deploy their applications on Windows servers, Java EE servers, or both," said Yaacov Cohen, CEO of Mainsoft.