Google launches J2ObjC, an open source Java to Objective-C code converter for iOS applications.

Google introduced the open-source release of the J2Objc project, a proprietary converter from Java source code to Objective-C for iPhone / iPad applications.



J2ObjC makes it possible to use Java code as part of the build of iOS applications, without additional code changes. The goal of this project is to allow programmers to write a part that does not concern the UI (data access or internal application logic) in Java and receive code that could be used for Android, web applications and iOS.

J2ObjC is not a Java emulator; instead, it converts Java classes to Objective-C classes that directly use the iOS Foundation Framework. Java 6 is fully supported and most of its runtime options are required by client-server developers, including error handling, generic and anonymous classes, streams and reflections. JUnit test translation and execution are supported. J2ObjC can be used with most tools for building applications, including Xcode and Make.
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For further details, welcome to the link: http://google-opensource.blogspot.com
Project page: code.google.com/p/j2objc/ (thanks to sphinks for the link).