JSP/JSF conversion to ASP.NET

Question

I have a pretty big JSF web application. I must convert the application to ASP.NET. I already converted the Java code to C# code manually and also using JCLA (Java Language Conversion Assistant from Microsoft).

What is the best way to convert the JSF part to ASP.NET? Is there any tool that can help shorten the work?

For example convert JSF <t:dataList> to ASP.NET datagrid, or converting panelGroup to asp:panel, etc...

Answer 1

I don't know of any off the shelf tools to do it.

What I'd do in this situation is convert one component manually and then use it as the basis for a code generation template using CodeSmith. Not quick, but the more you have to convert, the better the payoff and has the added benefit of letting you define conversions for any custom components you include that don't have direct analogs in ASP.NET.