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<h1>Uses for IKVM.NET</h1>
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<p>IKVM.NET is useful for several different software development
scenarios. Here is a sampling of some of the possibilities.</p>
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<a href="#Drop-in+JVM">Drop-in JVM</a>
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<a href="#Use+Java+libraries+in+your+.NET+applications">Use Java libraries in your .NET applications</a>
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<a href="#Develop+.NET+applications+in+Java">Develop .NET applications in Java</a>
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<a name="N1000F"></a><a name="Drop-in+JVM"></a>
<h3>Drop-in JVM</h3>
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<p>The <a href="userguide/ikvm.html">ikvm application</a> included with the distribution is a .NET
implementation of a Java Virtual Machine. In many cases, you can use it
as a drop-in replacement for java. For example, instead of typing</p>
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<span class="codefrag"> java -jar myapp.jar</span>
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<p>to run an application, you can type</p>
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<span class="codefrag"> ikvm -jar myapp.jar</span>
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<h3>Use Java libraries in your .NET applications</h3>
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<p>IKVM.NET includes <a href="userguide/ikvmc.html">ikvmc</a>, a Java bytecode to .NET IL translator.
If you have a Java library that you would like to use in a .NET application,
run <span class="codefrag">ikvmc -target:library mylib.jar</span> to create mylib.dll.
</p>
<p>For example, the Apache FOP project is an open source XSL-FO
processor written in Java that is widely used to generate PDF documents from XML
source. With IKVM.NET technology, Apache FOP can be used by
any .NET application.</p>
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<a name="N10040"></a><a name="Develop+.NET+applications+in+Java"></a>
<h3>Develop .NET applications in Java</h3>
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<p>IKVM provides a way for you to develop .NET applications in
Java. Although IKVM.NET does not include a Java compiler for .NET,
you can use any Java compiler to compile Java source code to JVM bytecode, then use
<span class="codefrag">ikvmc -target:exe myapp.jar</span>
to produce a .NET executable. You can even use .NET API's in your
Java code using the included <a href="userguide/ikvmstub.html">ikvmstub</a> application.
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