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diff --git a/website/src/documentation/content/xdocs/uses.xml b/website/src/documentation/content/xdocs/uses.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..e6ec0237 --- /dev/null +++ b/website/src/documentation/content/xdocs/uses.xml @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE document PUBLIC "-//APACHE//DTD Documentation V1.2//EN" "http://apache.org/forrest/dtd/document-v12.dtd"> +<document> + <header> + <title>Uses for IKVM.NET</title> + <abstract>IKVM.NET is useful for several different software development + scenarios. Here is a sampling of some of the possibilities.</abstract> + </header> + <body> + <section> + <title>Drop-in JVM</title> + <p>The <link href="site:ikvm">ikvm application</link> 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> + <p xml:space="preserve"><code> java -jar myapp.jar</code></p> + <p>to run an application, you can type</p> + <p xml:space="preserve"><code> ikvm -jar myapp.jar</code></p> + + </section> + <section> + <title>Use Java libraries in your .NET applications</title> + <p>IKVM.NET includes <link href="site:ikvmc">ikvmc</link>, a Java bytecode to .NET IL translator. + If you have a Java library that you would like to use in a .NET application, + run <code>ikvmc -target:library mylib.jar</code> 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> + </section> + + <section> + <title>Develop .NET applications in Java</title> + <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 the open source <fork href="ext:jikes">Jikes compiler</fork> to + compile Java source code to JVM bytecode, then use + <code>ikvmc -target:exe myapp.jar</code> + to produce a .NET executable. You can even use .NET API's in your + Java code using the included <link href="site:ikvmstub">ikvmstub</link> application. + </p> + </section> + + </body> +</document> |