calling java from DOTNET 2? how stable painfull?

[Elhanan]

hi..

i have a java application server whish uses RMI as a delivery transport
for it's apis (it's gets the command in XML but the underlying protocol
needs to be RMI)..

so i need to write an RMI CLIENT to this thing, and expose it microsoft
land.

at first we thought to have it exposed as web service and consume this
service via dotnet dll. the dll would be given to desktop application
developers which canno parse XML.

then i was told i could expose it as JNI and have the dll access it
directly. then the dll in dot net 2.0 would either be given to desktop
developers or exposed as a web service in biztalk if web services are
needed.

btw can i do all of this with express edition versions?

 

[Steve B.]

Encapsulate the java code within web services.
Bridges between java and .net are often awfull to use and porr performant.

Web service ensure a "transparent" way to make two speak together...

Steve