Generating C# from Java (Was: fit, nfit, et al?)

> Making the code look like 'native' C# isn't a big priority for me.  One
direction I'd like to explore is automatically generating the C# code
from the Java code, eliminating my job altogether.  :)

Hmm, I've thought about this too.  I wrote a C# parser a while ago (well, an
ANTLR grammar) as part of an open-source C# refactoring tool.  I abandoned
the refactoring project because a commercial tool came out, and because I've
heard MS are going to do it anyway.  But I learned a lot about ANTLR and
about the differences between Java and C# syntax.  A Java-to-C# translator
could be implemented as an ANTLR tree parser using the public-domain Java
grammar.

Is anyone else interested in this?

Daniel

p.s. Jim, VS 2003 has some support for porting Java to C#.  I haven't looked
at it, have you?


-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Jim Little
Sent: Thursday, August 07, 2003 6:38 PM
To: 'Steve Freeman'
Cc: [email protected]; [email protected]
Subject: [Fit-dev] RE: fit, nfit, et al?


From: Steve Freeman [mailto:[email protected]]
> OK. I started with your original version, also tagged, so it's all in
> there. Have you a plan for where things should go next? I think Jeremy

> and I are initially concerned with making the code look more like
> "native" C#.

Feature-wise, the next big thing I want to get working is properties.  I
also want to look at what's involved in doing fit-on-fit tests.  Right
now I'm concerned that my build script will say "success" even when
there's a glaring (and embarrassing) defect in the output.

Making the code look like 'native' C# isn't a big priority for me.  One
direction I'd like to explore is automatically generating the C# code
from the Java code, eliminating my job altogether.  :)

Jim



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