JUniversal for Automated Java -> C# translation?

[Troy Howard <th...@gmail.com>]

A while back, we had an idea to build a semi-automated Java->C# translation
tool to assist with the porting process. The idea was that an automated
process would probably never fully be able to translate something as
intricate as Lucene, and even if it could, it probably wouldn't be very
idiomatic... but it could be used to do some of the heavy lifting, making
it easier to keep up with Java Lucene.

At the time there weren't very good tools for this, and the idea sort of
fizzled. We have a lot of find/replace macros that we all use for this
work, but not a proper tool.

I just heard about JUniversal, which attempts to do exactly this:
http://juniversal.org/

It's meant for Android developers who want to target Windows Mobile phones,
and keep a single codebase... but I think it might work for our use case as
well.

Anyone want to explore this tool and see what it can do for us?

Thanks,
Troy

Re: JUniversal for Automated Java -> C# translation?

[Itamar Syn-Hershko <it...@code972.com>]

Not sure I'll have the time to evaluate it - go ahead!

--

Itamar Syn-Hershko
http://code972.com | @synhershko <https://twitter.com/synhershko>
Freelance Developer & Consultant
Lucene.NET committer and PMC member

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 11:36 PM, Troy Howard <th...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Itamar -- Yup! I thought it'd be worth exploring what JUniversal can do in
> addition to our existing toolset. IMO, it'd be nice to settle on a single
> process that gets us through the major of the work, vs jumping around
> between a lot of tools.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 12:20 AM, Itamar Syn-Hershko <it...@code972.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Troy, we already are using mainly 2 tools - Sharpen and a conversion tool
> > by Tangible software. We also have a lightweight R# plugin developed for
> us
> > to help with porting tests (where conventions don't really matter):
> > https://github.com/hmemcpy/ReSharper.ExJava
> >
> > We should probably settle on one method and stick with it, preferrably
> one
> > that produces the cleanest code, and one which can work both with
> > directories, single files, or file parts
> >
> > --
> >
> > Itamar Syn-Hershko
> > http://code972.com | @synhershko <https://twitter.com/synhershko>
> > Freelance Developer & Consultant
> > Lucene.NET committer and PMC member
> >
> > On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Troy Howard <th...@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > A while back, we had an idea to build a semi-automated Java->C#
> > translation
> > > tool to assist with the porting process. The idea was that an automated
> > > process would probably never fully be able to translate something as
> > > intricate as Lucene, and even if it could, it probably wouldn't be very
> > > idiomatic... but it could be used to do some of the heavy lifting,
> making
> > > it easier to keep up with Java Lucene.
> > >
> > > At the time there weren't very good tools for this, and the idea sort
> of
> > > fizzled. We have a lot of find/replace macros that we all use for this
> > > work, but not a proper tool.
> > >
> > > I just heard about JUniversal, which attempts to do exactly this:
> > > http://juniversal.org/
> > >
> > > It's meant for Android developers who want to target Windows Mobile
> > phones,
> > > and keep a single codebase... but I think it might work for our use
> case
> > as
> > > well.
> > >
> > > Anyone want to explore this tool and see what it can do for us?
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Troy
> > >
> >
>

Re: JUniversal for Automated Java -> C# translation?

[Troy Howard <th...@gmail.com>]

Itamar -- Yup! I thought it'd be worth exploring what JUniversal can do in
addition to our existing toolset. IMO, it'd be nice to settle on a single
process that gets us through the major of the work, vs jumping around
between a lot of tools.



On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 12:20 AM, Itamar Syn-Hershko <it...@code972.com>
wrote:

> Troy, we already are using mainly 2 tools - Sharpen and a conversion tool
> by Tangible software. We also have a lightweight R# plugin developed for us
> to help with porting tests (where conventions don't really matter):
> https://github.com/hmemcpy/ReSharper.ExJava
>
> We should probably settle on one method and stick with it, preferrably one
> that produces the cleanest code, and one which can work both with
> directories, single files, or file parts
>
> --
>
> Itamar Syn-Hershko
> http://code972.com | @synhershko <https://twitter.com/synhershko>
> Freelance Developer & Consultant
> Lucene.NET committer and PMC member
>
> On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Troy Howard <th...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > A while back, we had an idea to build a semi-automated Java->C#
> translation
> > tool to assist with the porting process. The idea was that an automated
> > process would probably never fully be able to translate something as
> > intricate as Lucene, and even if it could, it probably wouldn't be very
> > idiomatic... but it could be used to do some of the heavy lifting, making
> > it easier to keep up with Java Lucene.
> >
> > At the time there weren't very good tools for this, and the idea sort of
> > fizzled. We have a lot of find/replace macros that we all use for this
> > work, but not a proper tool.
> >
> > I just heard about JUniversal, which attempts to do exactly this:
> > http://juniversal.org/
> >
> > It's meant for Android developers who want to target Windows Mobile
> phones,
> > and keep a single codebase... but I think it might work for our use case
> as
> > well.
> >
> > Anyone want to explore this tool and see what it can do for us?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Troy
> >
>

Re: JUniversal for Automated Java -> C# translation?

[Itamar Syn-Hershko <it...@code972.com>]

Troy, we already are using mainly 2 tools - Sharpen and a conversion tool
by Tangible software. We also have a lightweight R# plugin developed for us
to help with porting tests (where conventions don't really matter):
https://github.com/hmemcpy/ReSharper.ExJava

We should probably settle on one method and stick with it, preferrably one
that produces the cleanest code, and one which can work both with
directories, single files, or file parts

--

Itamar Syn-Hershko
http://code972.com | @synhershko <https://twitter.com/synhershko>
Freelance Developer & Consultant
Lucene.NET committer and PMC member

On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 7:58 AM, Troy Howard <th...@gmail.com> wrote:

> A while back, we had an idea to build a semi-automated Java->C# translation
> tool to assist with the porting process. The idea was that an automated
> process would probably never fully be able to translate something as
> intricate as Lucene, and even if it could, it probably wouldn't be very
> idiomatic... but it could be used to do some of the heavy lifting, making
> it easier to keep up with Java Lucene.
>
> At the time there weren't very good tools for this, and the idea sort of
> fizzled. We have a lot of find/replace macros that we all use for this
> work, but not a proper tool.
>
> I just heard about JUniversal, which attempts to do exactly this:
> http://juniversal.org/
>
> It's meant for Android developers who want to target Windows Mobile phones,
> and keep a single codebase... but I think it might work for our use case as
> well.
>
> Anyone want to explore this tool and see what it can do for us?
>
> Thanks,
> Troy
>