RFR (S) JNI Specification Issue: JDK-8034923 JNI: static linking assertions specs are incomplete and are in the wrong section of spec (original) (raw)

David Simms david.simms at oracle.com
Thu Apr 2 08:47:19 UTC 2015

Greetings,

Summary of changes:

Wholly confined to documentation changes, no code modifications made:

The "index.html" has named a "JNI version" number which has never been consistent. After some initial consultation with Stuart Marks and Alex Buckley, we decided to remove version from the document. o There are minor clarifications added to "enhancements.html" and "GetVersion" function documentation, listing the platform release mapped to JNI_VERSION_ constants.
Added the missing "JNI_VERSION_1_8" constant to GetVersion constants.
Moved most of the details regarding static library support (JEP 178) from "Design - Compiling, Loading and Linking Native Methods" to "Invocation API - Library and Version Management" o Rewording to clearly delineate static vs dynamic linked library load and unload hooks o Emphasis on statically linked libraries requiring "JNI_OnLoad_" hook. o Typos, function declaration and linkage sections cleaned up.
Reinstated the "Enhancements" links to JDK 1.2 & JDK 1.4 changes, and added new files for 1.6 and 1.8.

Cheers /David Simms