JNI - Getting Started

1. Create a class that declares the native method.  HelloWorld.java

class HelloWorld{
	private native void print();
	public static void main(String[] args){
		new HelloWorld().print();	
	}
	static{
		System.loadLibrary("HelloWorld");	
	}
}

2. Use javac to compile the program

javac HelloWorld.java

3. Use javah to generate header file

javah -jni HwlloWorld

4. Write the C implementation of the native method.

Create file HelloWorld.c, and write:

 

#include <jni.h>
#include <stdio.h>
#include "HelloWorld.h"

JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_HelloWorld_print
  (JNIEnv *env, jobject obj)
{
	printf("Hello World!\n");
	return;
}

5. Compile C code and generate native library

gcc -shared HelloWorld.c -fPIC -I /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64/include -I /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64/include/linux -o libHelloWorld.so

Notes:

-fPIC

6. Run the program using the java interpreter

Set current file to java classpath,

LD_LIBRARY_PATH=.
export LD_LIBRARY_PATH

  Run java program:

java HelloWorld