Re: How can I access C++ dll from Java

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From: pnichols
Date: Thu, 19 Oct 2000 00:00

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No, not Java Strings... C++ and C Strings ... In other words PChars!!!



"Joi Ellis" <joi@joi.aravox.com> wrote in message
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> pnichols <pwnichols@mail.gw.total-web.net> wrote:
> > I am not sure whether you can do this or not either (without extra C
> > coding), but all pchars are /0 terminated...They are, as well, pointers
to a
> > character based string (actually array of chars).
>
> Java string objects are not null-terminated, and they are stored in
> a Unicode format which must be translated back to the platform's
> native encoding before it can be used.
>
> You need a JNI Glue layer to convert your Java objects and primitives
> into the types required by your C++ dll..
>
> --
> Joi Ellis                    Software Engineer
> Aravox Technologies          joi@aravox.com, gyles19@visi.com
>
> No matter what we think of Linux versus FreeBSD, etc., the one thing I
> really like about Linux is that it has Microsoft worried.  Anything
> that kicks a monopoly in the pants has got to be good for something.
>            - Chris Johnson

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