Java APIs, Extensions and Libraries: With JavaFX, JDBC, jmod, jlink, Networking, and the Process API

© Kishori Sharan 2018

Kishori SharanJava APIs, Extensions and Librarieshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-3546-1_7

7. Java Native Interface

Kishori Sharan¹ 

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Montgomery, Alabama, USA

 

In this chapter, you will learn:

• What the Java Native Interface (JNI) is

• How to write Java programs that use native methods

• How to write C++ programs to implement native methods

• How to create a shared library on Windows and Linux for the native implementation of methods used in Java

• The data type mapping between Java types and JNI types

• How to work with Java strings and arrays in native code

• How to create Java objects, access fields, and methods of those objects in native code

• Exception handling in native code

• How to embed the JVM in native code

• How to handle thread synchronization ...