JNI - Access an instance Field

.java File:

class InstanceFieldAccess{
	private String s;
	
	private native void accessField();
	public static void main(String args[]){
		InstanceFieldAccess c = new InstanceFieldAccess();
		c.s = "abc";
		c.accessField();
		System.out.println("In Java: ");
		System.out.println("  c.s = \""+ c.s + "\"");
	
	}
	static{
		System.loadLibrary("InstanceFieldAccess");
	}
}

.c File:

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

JNIEXPORT void JNICALL Java_InstanceFieldAccess_accessField
  (JNIEnv *env, jobject obj){
	jfieldID fid;
	jstring jstr;
	const char *str;

	/* Get a reference to obj's class */
	jclass cls = (*env)->GetObjectClass(env, obj);

	printf("In c:\n");

	/* Look for the instance field s in cls */
	fid = (*env)->GetFieldID(env, cls, "s", "Ljava/lang/String;");
	if (fid == NULL){
		return;	
	}
	/* Read the instance field s */
	jstr = (*env)->GetObjectField(env, obj, fid);
	str = (*env)->GetStringUTFChars(env, jstr, NULL);
	if (str == NULL){
		return;	
	}
	printf("  c.s = \"%s\"\n",str);
	(*env)->ReleaseStringUTFChars(env,jstr,str);

	/* Create a new String overwrite the instance field */
	jstr = (*env)->NewStringUTF(env,"123");
	if (jstr == NULL){
		return;	
	}
	(*env)->SetObjectField(env, obj, fid, jstr);
}

Procedure for Accessing an Instance Field

1. Get field id : obtain the field ID form the class reference, field name and field descriptor.

//To get field ID from the following things.
// 1. class type.
// 2. field name.
// 3. field descriptor.
jfieldID fid = (*env)->GetFieldID(env, cls, "s", "Ljava/lang/String;");

2. Get field value from Object and field ID.

//To get field value from the following things.
//1. Object
//2. field ID.
jstring jstr = (*env)->GetObjectField(env, obj, fid);

3. Set field value form Object, field ID and value.

(*env)->SetObjectField(env, obj, fid, jstr);

 

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