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Static and member methods in Java can be marked as native to indicate that their implementation is to be found in a shared library file. Upon execution of a native method, the JVM looks for a corresponding function in loaded libraries (see Loading native libraries), using a simple name mangling sche...

Calling a Java method from native code is a two-step process : obtain a method pointer with the GetMethodID JNI function, using the method name and descriptor ; call one of the Call*Method functions listed here. Java code /*** com.example.jni.JNIJavaCallback.java ***/ package com.example....

The common idiom for loading shared library files in Java is the following : public class ClassWithNativeMethods { static { System.loadLibrary("Example"); } public native void someNativeMethod(String arg); ... Calls to System.loadLibrary are almost always...