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IKVM is a Java VM that run inside of a .NET application. It is possible to convert *.jar files to .NET assemblies with the compiler. Or you can convert it on the fly at runtime. With IKVM is it possible:

• to convert an existing Java library to a dll and use it as library inside your .NET application. See our [List_of_compatible_libraries] for libraries which work without problems. Of course this list is not complete.
• to run a jar file on the fly inside your .NET application.
• to convert an existing Java application that it can run on the .NET platform without an installed Java VM. This is possible for console applications and for GUI applications. See the [Screenshots] gallery.
• to access Java code from .NET
• to access .NET code from your Java code.

Of course there are also [Limits] in the current implementation.

See also

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