.NET client support

EAServer 6.1 includes .NET client support, and enables IIOP/IIOPS communication between:

.NET C# clients and EAServer components
PowerBuilder® WinForm applications and EAServer
.NET and J2EE distributed objects

.NET client support includes data marshalling: data from multiple sources is collected, converted to a common format if necessary, and prepared to send over a network.

These components provide .NET client support:

NetCompiler Generates C# stubs and helper classes for EAServer components. To invoke NetCompiler, run:

%DJC_HOME%\bin\netcc.bat [class name] | [ejbjar-name] | [name.jar]

where:

Option	Description
`class name`	A class that is either an interface or serializable: If the class is an interface, NetCompiler generates stubs for it. If the class is serializable, NetCompiler generates helper classes for data marshalling. If the class name begins with “java” or if the class is a primitive, it is ignored.
`ejbjar-name`	An EJB that is deployed in EAServer. NetCompiler generates C# stubs for both the home and remote interfaces.
`name.jar`	An EJB JAR that is deployed in EAServer. NetCompiler generates C# stubs for both the home and remote interfaces.

Option

Description

class name

A class that is either an interface or serializable:

If the class is an interface, NetCompiler generates stubs for it.
If the class is serializable, NetCompiler generates helper classes for data marshalling.

If the class name begins with “java” or if the class is a primitive, it is ignored.

ejbjar-name

An EJB that is deployed in EAServer. NetCompiler generates C# stubs for both the home and remote interfaces.

name.jar

An EJB JAR that is deployed in EAServer. NetCompiler generates C# stubs for both the home and remote interfaces.

.NET runtime assemblies Assembly files that provide runtime support to enable C# stubs to communicate with EAServer:
- com.sybase.iiop.net.dll – for data marshalling, and for managing connections, SSL, and compression. The next two runtime assemblies depend on this one.
- com.sybase.ejb.net.dll – enables invoking EJBs.
- com.sybase.jms.net.dll – enables calling JMS.
The .NET runtime assemblies are located in %DJC_HOME%\lib.