Essential JNI Java Native Interface - Softcover

Gordon, Rob

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0136798950 ISBN 13: 9780136798958

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 1998

Synopsis

A concise, but detailed guide to using the Java Native Interface (JNI) for programmers who need to use Java with native applications and to Java-enable new applications. Thorough coverage of the JNI API presented in a task-oriented reference format that answers all of the questions left out of the Java documentation or glossed over in the more general language references.

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Leverage platform-specific features without compromising binary compatibility!

With the Java Native Interface API, you get the best of both worlds: access to the native platform features you need to get the job done plus full binary compatibility across multiple Java Virtual Machines. And there is no better way to master the JNI than this fast-paced, example-rich guide, which focuses on proven techniques.

Walk step-by-step through writing Java and native code components, building libraries, loading and invoking native methods, and more. Discover powerful techniques for creating Java Virtual Machines from within any native application. Learn proven approaches to integrating Java and C++ code, converting C structures, and providing serial I/O from Java on both POSIX and Win32 platforms. Get comprehensive debugging help. There's even a complete, easy-to-use API reference!

With JNI, you can leverage Java's extraordinary capabilities without sacrificing proven legacy code.

Essential JNI: Java Native Interface gives you the insight, proven techniques, and real-world sample code you'll need to get results with JNI, plus:

• A complete, task-oriented reference to the entire Java Native Interface API
• Tools and strategies for integrating legacy code with new Java applications
• Extensive code examples and detailed debugging tips
• Clear explanations of JNI native types, signatures, references, and object and class functions
• Specific techniques for managing C++ code and converting C structures

Synopsis:

This book delivers all the information and sample code Java developers need in order to integrate new Java code with native and legacy applications that utilize platform-specific features. Sun's Java Native Interface (JNI) is the first API for building Java-enabled native applications that are binary compatible across multiple Java Virtual Machines. This book covers every aspect of the JNI API from the perspective of an experienced developer. Understand data structures, the JNI's relationship to file systems, native applications and native methods; the JNI library; and class construction with JNI. Learn how to use JNI to integrate Java and C++ code, and how to provide serial I/O from Java on both POSIX and Win32 platforms. The book includes a complete JNI reference and a full chapter on debugging. It's an essential resource for all Java programmers who need to take advantage of platform-specific features.

About this edition

• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0136798950
• ISBN 13: 9780136798958
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 528