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J2SE 1.3 Feature

Package / Functionality

JLCA 3.0 Coverage

Description

Arbitrary Precision Math

java.math

Partially Converted

Most of the functionality of this package is not converted.

Collections Framework

java.util

Converted

Conversion to .NET Framework is achieved natively or by means of support classes. Some members are converted with different behavior.

Extension Mechanism

java.lang.ClassLoader

java.lang.Package

java.lang.Thread

java.net.JarURLConnect

java.net.URLClassLoader

SecureClassLoading

Not Converted

The Java Extension Mechanism does not apply for the .NET Framework.

I/O

java.io

Partially Converted

High rate of conversion is achieved for this package. Some hierarchy conflicts are present in the conversion.

Internationalization

Locales and Resources

Calendar and Time Zone

Formatting

Loc-Sensitive String Ops

Character Sets and Classif.

AWT Attributes

Stream I/O

Partially Converted

Conversion is achieved for Locales, Locale-Sensitive String Ops, and Resources. The remaining functionality is either not converted or is converted with a different behavior.

Java Archive  (JAR) Files

java.util.jar

java.net.JarURLConnection

JAR Files Loading

Not Converted

Java Archive Files has no equivalent mapping in .NET Framework. JLCA is however able to read JAR Files to extract .class info.

Java Native Interface (JNI)

-

Not Converted

JNI functionality is not converted.

JavaBeans

java.beans

Partially Converted

Bean Classes, Properties, Events and Descriptors are converted.

Language and Utility Packages

java.lang

java.util

java.util.jar

java.util.zip

Partially Converted

The functionality of java.lang and java.util packages is converted.

The functionality of java.util.jar and java.util.zip packages is not converted.

Miscellaneous Features

The @deprecated Tag

The APPLET Tag

Converted

JavaDoc tags are converted to .NET Framework Doc tags. Html <Applet> tag is converted to <Object> tag for Applet conversion.

Networking

java.net

Partially Converted

Encoding and Decoding parts in this package are not converted.

Object Serialization

java.io.Externalizable

java.io.Serializable

Partially Converted

The core functionality of this package is converted. Some source-code patterns are not converted. The repository containing the serialized objects could require further conversion.

Package Version Identification

java.lang.Class

java.lang.ClassLoader

java.lang.Package

java.lang.System

Partially Converted

Java Package Versioning does not apply for the .NET Framework. Some of the functionality of this package is converted.

Reference Objects

java.lang.ref

Partially Converted

WeakReference is converted.

Reflection

java.lang.reflect

Partially Converted

Advanced features are not converted.

Remote Method Invocation (RMI)

java.rmi

java.rmi.activation

java.rmi.dgc

java.rmi.registry

java.rmi.server

Partially Converted

The client conversion is based on source-code patterns. Some complementary functionality is not converted.

Resources

java.lang.Class

java.lang.ClassLoader

java.net.URLClassLoader

java.util.ResourceBundle

java.security

SecurityManagement

Partially Converted

The Class Loading functionality is not converted.

Remaining core functionality is converted with different behavior at times.

Security and Signed Applets

java.security

java.security.cert

java.security.interfaces

java.security.spec

Partially Converted

The classes and interfaces holding Certificates, Keys, Signatures, Principals, Permissions, Digests and Encryption Algorithms are converted.

Sound

javax.sound.midi

javax.sound.midi.spi

javax.sound.sampled

javax.sound.sampled.spi

Partially Converted

The javax.sound.sampled package is converted to Microsoft.DirectX.DirectSound, but needs Managed DirectX installed on the machine.