by RobGordon (Author)
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.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 498
Edition: 1
Publisher: Prentice Hall 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.
Published: 04 Mar 1998
ISBN 10: 0136798950
ISBN 13: 9780136798958
Book Overview:
Rob Gordon is a software consultant who has worked for Motorola, Convex Computers, and most recently, SunSoft. He has extensive experience both as a Java software developer and as a developer of educational materials on operating systems, device drivers and programming languages.