© 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 
(1)
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 ...

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