C++ to Java source translator

[rooban]

Hi all,

where can I obtain good quality C++ to Java source code
translator/convertor? I know there are few available but which ones
are the best and less hasslesome?

Thanks
Rooban

 

[Christophe Vanfleteren]

Hi all,

where can I obtain good quality C++ to Java source code
translator/convertor? I know there are few available but which ones
are the best and less hasslesome?

I'm pretty sure all of them will be much of a hassle. Many C++ concepts
don't translate cleanly (or at all) to Java.

And what should the translator do with calls to nonstandard C++ libraries?

Even if you do get a sizeable portion of the code translated, it is doubtful
that it will look aything like idiomatic Java you'd have written yourself.

 

[Ike]

I've had pretty good success with C2J. However, I think Chris is right, at
least based on my experience; After I get things translated, I still end up
writing what seems like a lot of new code!

-Ike

 

[Roedy Green]

where can I obtain good quality C++ to Java source code
translator/convertor? I know there are few available but which ones
are the best and less hasslesome?

If you want one, chances are you don't understand why it is not as
useful as the many other sorts of compiler. See
http://mindprod.com/jgloss/compiler.html#CPP