Re: Is there a JNI Mailing list? [john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: Telling Java where to find a native library]
- From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 07:27:43 -0500
Thanks. I do alkready have the C code for the bindings. I'll try some
things for compiling it as a shared library. I've looked an JNA, but I'm
a C guy, so I wanted to give JNI a shot. Thre BrailleBlaster application
has several other C libraries, so JNA might be the best choice in the
long run.
John
On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 02:00:41PM +0200, QuentinC wrote:
> > I may switch to the Sun JDK at some point, but right now i just want to
> get the bindings to load the library, so I can proceed with testing.
> These bindings will be used with other jdk's, inncluding Eclipse. Prrefer
> to work in a command-line environment.
> Eclipse is not a JDK but an IDE.
>
> I'm sure you will have much less problems if you switch immediately to the
> official sun JDK.
> For example on debian and ubuntu , OpenJDK is really a pain. There are
> many topics about various java problems on a french forum I regularely go,
> and they are solved by magic just after they switch without doing anything
> else.
>
> > The C part of the bindings includes jni.h Will this take care of the
> necesary entry poiints for Java?
>
> If the developper has included jni.h and exported functions whose names
> start with java, yes, it's read for use by java. You have to compile it as
> a shared library.
> I had a complete compilation procedure for windows using MinGW, hopes that
> helps. I have infortunately never done JNI outside of windows, so I don't
> know if it works for other systems.
> 1 - Compile java class
> 2 - generate C header using javah on the compiled java class
> 3 - Code C functions using the generated header at step 2
> 4 - Make a .def file listing all exported functions
> 5 - Compile C source => gcc -o file.o file.c
> 6 - Compile shared library => gcc -shared -o file.dll file.def file.c
> I think you can try to start at step 4, if somebody gave you the source of
> a java compatible library.
>
> Just a note : I personally don't use JNI anymore. You may look at JNA,
> which is much easier in case you haven't already a wrapper.
>
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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