Re: [Ikvm-developers] Using IKVM

[Rob K. <ro...@gm...>]

That's what I thought re: docs -- Thanks Jeroen!  How may I contribute
anyway?  Granted, I am not around Java programs so am not sure how I
can be of help after my project is done. :-(

On Fri, Jun 13, 2008 at 12:40 AM, Jeroen Frijters <je...@su...> wrote:
> Rob Koch wrote:
>> I was faced with a task of building a Windows application (.NET, what
>> else?) and hooking up with a Java-based server that uses SSLSockets and
>> Anonymous Ciphers (DH)...
>>
>> .NET doesn't have a library that can handle what I needed believe it or
>> not... need my SSLSockets!  Found a 3rd party that does SSLSockets via
>> COM, but still no Anonymous Ciphers.  I was avery frustrated at that
>> point and was about to give in and do the whole thing in Java.
>>
>> Lo and behold, IKVM... writing Java in .NET?  This I gotta see...
>> *writing code*  Bam! It works!!
>>
>> IKVM was a life saver for me!  Thanks to you Jeroen F. and those who
>> contributed to the project!
>
> Thanks for the positive feedback.
>
>> Two questions...
>>
>> 1. your docs says GNU.Classpath... but we got OpenJDK... and
>
> Yeah, the docs are unfortunately a bit out of date. Contributions are most welcome :-)
>
>> 2. I'm seeing a couple of throws in Mono's MoMA.  Isn't IKVM 100%
>> complaint with Mono 1.9 yet?
>
> There is some Windows/.NET specific code in a few places in IKVM (and some Mono specific code as well), but the right codepath will be executed based on the current platform, so that shouldn't be a problem.
>
> Regards,
> Jeroen
>
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