Re: Link java object files into cpp app

[Bryce McKinlay <bryce at waitaki dot otago dot ac dot nz>]

Lars Andersen wrote:

> I have compiled some java-files into object-files using gcj.
> I have also generated headerfiles for each of my java-classes using gcjh.
>
> Now i want to call a static java method from a c++ source, and link it 
> all together.
>
> Can CNI or JNI be used for this purpose? 


Yes. The CVS version of GCJ supports invocation APIs for both CNI and 
JNI code which allow you to call into Java classes from a C++ program.

For CNI you must call JvCreateJavaVM once before making any other Java 
calls, and JvAttachCurrentThread once for each native thread which was 
not created by the regular java threads interface.

Example:

#include <gcj/cni.h>
#include <java/lang/System.h>
#include <java/io/PrintStream.h>

int main(int argc, char *argv)
{
  using namespace java::lang;
 
  JvCreateJavaVM (NULL);
  JvAttachCurrentThread (NULL, NULL);

  System::out->println(JvNewStringLatin1 ("Hello from C++"));
}

$ c++ InvokeCNI.cc -lgcj
$ ./a.out
Hello from C++

JNI invocation is also supported, and should work more or less the same 
as it does in other Java implementations.

regards

Bryce.