Java Native Interface Tips

Book Available

(6/7/99)You may find answers to many of your questions in the Addison-Wesley Java(TM) Series book:

Java Native Interface: Programmer's Guide and Specification
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Code examples in the book can be downloaded here.

JNI FAQ for the Java 2 SDK

(3/23/99) Visit the latest JNI FAQ for the Java 2 SDK.

Shared Stubs Example

(3/22/98) A shared stub is a single JNI native method that can dispatch to many C functions. It was presented in the "Java Native Interface Technology Programming" talk at JavaOne'98. You can download the complete example from here:

For Windows, get jnistb10.zip (38K)
For Solaris, get either jnistb10.tar.Z (60K) or jnistb10.tar.gz (27K)

(12/2/99) This example is explained in detail in the above-mentioned JNI book.

FAQ for JDK 1.1

An old FAQ written in Jan 1997 when JDK 1.1 was released. (For more up-to-date information please visit the JNI FAQ for the Java 2 SDK link above.)

Resources on the Net

(12/2/99, DISCLAIMER: We collected these links for your information only. We do not guarantee accuracy of the content in these pages.)

Apple's technote on JNI and MacOS
Canadian Mind Products' JNI page
Developer.COM's JNI page
JavaWorld's JNI tutorial
RingLord Technologies' JNI tutorial