Communicate vb.NET with Java

[cachi]

Hi, I want to know how i can get a vb.net app to communicate with some java-classes.
The situation:
i am working on this project, where an app exposes some objects with their methods through a java-api. Now we want to incorporate some of the functionality this application provides in a vb.net client application.
So we have to be able to communicate with that api. I know how to use com to do such thing, jest create a reference to the registered dll and voila, you can fiddle around with the object methods and properties. But, how to do this when all there is, is a jar-file with a bunch of classes in there?

Thanks.

[brianhks]

You can either run java as a separate process and use an IPC to talk with it or try to see if there is a way to embed java in your app.