Tool to convert java to c# code

Question

What is the best tool out there at the moment to convert java to c#? Apart from

I use IKVM at the moment.

possible duplicate of [Where can I find a Java to C# converter?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/443010/where-can-i-find-a-java-to-c-converter) — Aaron Maenpaa, Jun 06 '11 at 13:51
I do not agree with off-topic, as It's clear viewing statistics ... shame :) — LXG, Mar 24 '15 at 11:30
Found the following online Java to C# converter useful - https://www.javainuse.com/java2csharp — Batman Rises, Sep 09 '22 at 05:05

score 25 · Answer 1 · edited Oct 13 '11 at 08:10

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For your reference:

Note: I had no experience on them.

edited Oct 13 '11 at 08:10

Regent

answered Jan 06 '10 at 16:55

Hendy Irawan

id love to hear some feedback from someone who has tried XES... It looks like it would be far too simple to handle complex conversions. – Brady Moritz Oct 25 '11 at 23:35
also - I was not able to figure out how to use sharpen... – Brady Moritz Feb 18 '14 at 20:42
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Spent 2 days trying to get Sharpen to build and run, but it is an Eclipse plugin, so the task proved impossible, mostly due to Eclipse being the worst piece of software ever written in the history of the universe. And yes, I tried the XobotOS version, also broken. Tried XES, but the process is so slow and complicated that it would actually be faster to re-write by hand and Remotesoft Octopus is still in beta testing phase. – Ian Thompson Oct 24 '14 at 06:49
It looks like sharpen is still active but at a different location? https://github.com/slluis/sharpen the only official location I found is this ugly svn http://source.db4o.com/db4o/trunk/sharpen/ – Karussell Feb 03 '15 at 16:03
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I'm intrigued by the relatively high votes on this question compared to the comments, which basically say each option is not effective. Would love to hear from the upvoters or anybody who can recommend anything effective as a converter – noelicus Jul 09 '18 at 07:20
Sharpen is dead – Toolkit Jan 27 '19 at 09:04

score 12 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 27 '13 at 15:26

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Don't. Leave them as Java and use IKVM to convert them to .Net DLLs.

answered Sep 27 '13 at 15:26

Ben

Ikvm throws an error when we initialize calender library :( – Alok Rajasukumaran Feb 20 '17 at 05:16
The IKVM project lead has announced that he has decided to stop working on IKVM.NET and hopes that someone else will fork it (http://weblog.ikvm.net/2017/04/21/TheEndOfIKVMNET.aspx) – Nigel Charman Jul 21 '17 at 22:37

score 9 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 25 '12 at 22:24

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I've had good results with this one. Much easier to use than Sharpen.

answered Aug 25 '12 at 22:24

marknuzz

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I have used this. And it really worked great for me. – Murali Bala Feb 17 '14 at 02:47

score 6 · Answer 4 · answered May 22 '09 at 08:32

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Microsoft has a tool called JLCA: Java Language Conversion Assistant. I can't tell if it is better though, as I have never compared the two.

answered May 22 '09 at 08:32

Razzie

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Ya I've tried that before and it doesn't really work very well. I think Microsoft has stopped support for it. It doesn't support newer java features like generics. – sean May 22 '09 at 21:45
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Visual Studio 2003 appears to be required to install – BozoJoe Sep 05 '12 at 15:41
@BozoJoe [It's supported on 2005 as well](https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-US/library/7tatw8a2%28v=vs.80%29.aspx). But yeah, screw that. – arkon Aug 14 '15 at 06:28
JLCA was not supported after VS 2005 – Al Lelopath Apr 21 '16 at 19:42
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JLCA link is dead – Toolkit Jan 27 '19 at 09:05
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still works for me. you just get a stupid big Surface Pro ad on top of the page :) – Razzie Feb 01 '19 at 12:45

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