Ideally, you don't: using a JRE is easier both for you and (in the long
run) for the user. It's also more efficient.

But if you must, see: http://www.mindprod.com/jgloss/nativecompiler.html

Oscar

Read the PE (Portable Executable) spec, and use a DataOutputStream to
write the data.

Based upon the phrasing of your question, I'm wondering whether you are
genuinely asking for a Java to native code compiler, or whether you are
simply asking how to write stand alone applications, instead of applets.

Java uses a runtime technology called a JVM - a Java Virtual Machine.
The applets you ran in your browser worked because the browser was able
to load and run a JVM (as a plugin).  To write software that does not
require a browser to run, one simply calls the JVM directly, passing it
the name of the class with a special 'main' method.  To create user
interfaces you can use classes like Frame in AWT (or JFrame in Swing)
to create windows.  The rest of the UI code looks pretty much the same
as an applet, except you are adding it to a Frame object, not an Applet.

Sun's JVM is called 'java' (or java.exe on Windows), and can be run from
a shell/DOS prompt like any other program of that type.  Running it
without any options will usually make it print some helpful usage
information.

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