On Thu, 2005-08-25 at 16:27 -0400, Ring, Kevin wrote: > In Microsoft’s implementation of .NET, it is possible to expose a > class written in C# via a COM interface. This makes it possible > (perhaps even easy!) to instantiate C# objects and call methods on > them from, say, a native C++ application. > > Does Mono have a capability like this?
Yes. Mono provides an embedding API which allows an unmanaged application to create and use managed objects: http://www.mono-project.com/Embedding_Mono This isn't terribly ideal, as it's a string-based API. There is a program called cilc which will take a managed class and generate a bunch of C wrappers for each method exposed by the class. This makes it easy to use a managed class from C (and thus C++, if not perfectly from C++). http://lists.ximian.com/pipermail/mono-list/2003-April/013529.html > I’d just like an easy way to instantiate managed objects and interact > with them from a native C++ application. I know I can embed Mono, and > call methods that way, but it seems very cumbersome compared to COM > interop. Is there a better way? Let cilc handle the cumbersome unmanaged->managed invocation layer. - Jon _______________________________________________ Mono-devel-list mailing list Mono-devel-list@lists.ximian.com http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-devel-list