Java Native Interface Specification: Contents (original) (raw)

• 1. Introduction
  • Java Native Interface Overview
  • Historical Background
    * JDK 1.0 Native Method Interface
    * Java Runtime Interface
    * Raw Native Interface and Java/COM Interface
  • Objectives
  • Java Native Interface Approach
  • Programming to the JNI
• 2. Design Overview
  • JNI Interface Functions and Pointers
  • Compiling, Loading and Linking Native Methods
    * Resolving Native Method Names
    * Native Method Arguments
  • Referencing Java Objects
    * Global and Local References
    * Implementing Local References
  • Accessing Java Objects
    * Accessing Primitive Arrays
    * Accessing Fields and Methods
  • Reporting Programming Errors
  • Java Exceptions
    * Exceptions and Error Codes
    * Asynchronous Exceptions
    * Exception Handling
• 3. JNI Types and Data Structures
  • Primitive Types
  • Reference Types
  • Field and Method IDs
  • The Value Type
  • Type Signatures
  • Modified UTF-8 Strings
• 4. JNI Functions
  • Interface Function Table
  • Constants
    * Boolean values
    * Return codes
  • Version Information
    * GetVersion
    * Version Constants
  • Class Operations
    * DefineClass
    * FindClass
    * GetSuperclass
    * IsAssignableFrom
  • Module Operations
    * GetModule
  • Thread Operations
    * IsVirtualThread
  • Exceptions
    * Throw
    * ThrowNew
    * ExceptionOccurred
    * ExceptionDescribe
    * ExceptionClear
    * FatalError
    * ExceptionCheck
  • Global and Local References
    * Global References
    * NewGlobalRef
    * DeleteGlobalRef
    * Local References
    * DeleteLocalRef
    * EnsureLocalCapacity
    * PushLocalFrame
    * PopLocalFrame
    * NewLocalRef
  • Weak Global References
    * NewWeakGlobalRef
    * DeleteWeakGlobalRef
  • Object Operations
    * AllocObject
    * NewObject, NewObjectA, NewObjectV
    * GetObjectClass
    * GetObjectRefType
    * IsInstanceOf
    * IsSameObject
  • Accessing Fields of Objects
    * GetFieldID
    * GetField Routines
    * SetField Routines
  • Calling Instance Methods
    * GetMethodID
    * CallMethod Routines, CallMethodA Routines, CallMethodV Routines
    * CallNonvirtualMethod Routines, CallNonvirtualMethodA Routines, CallNonvirtualMethodV Routines
  • Accessing Static Fields
    * GetStaticFieldID
    * GetStaticField Routines
    * SetStaticField Routines
  • Calling Static Methods
    * GetStaticMethodID
    * CallStaticMethod Routines, CallStaticMethodA Routines, CallStaticMethodV Routines
  • String Operations
    * NewString
    * GetStringLength
    * GetStringChars
    * ReleaseStringChars
    * NewStringUTF
    * GetStringUTFLength
    * GetStringUTFChars
    * ReleaseStringUTFChars
    * GetStringRegion
    * GetStringUTFRegion
    * GetStringCritical, ReleaseStringCritical
  • Array Operations
    * GetArrayLength
    * NewObjectArray
    * GetObjectArrayElement
    * SetObjectArrayElement
    * NewArray Routines
    * GetArrayElements Routines
    * ReleaseArrayElements Routines
    * GetArrayRegion Routines
    * SetArrayRegion Routines
    * GetPrimitiveArrayCritical, ReleasePrimitiveArrayCritical
  • Registering Native Methods
    * RegisterNatives
    * UnregisterNatives
  • Monitor Operations
    * MonitorEnter
    * MonitorExit
  • NIO Support
    * NewDirectByteBuffer
    * GetDirectBufferAddress
    * GetDirectBufferCapacity
  • Reflection Support
    * FromReflectedMethod
    * FromReflectedField
    * ToReflectedMethod
    * ToReflectedField
  • Java VM Interface
    * GetJavaVM
• 5. The Invocation API
  • Overview
    * Creating the VM
    * Attaching to the VM
    * Detaching from the VM
    * Terminating the VM
  • Library and Version Management
    * Support for Statically Linked Libraries
    * Library Lifecycle Function Hooks
    * JNI_OnLoad
    * JNI_OnUnload
    * JNI_OnLoad_L
    * JNI_OnUnload_L
  • Invocation API Functions
    * JNI_GetDefaultJavaVMInitArgs
    * JNI_GetCreatedJavaVMs
    * JNI_CreateJavaVM
    * DestroyJavaVM
    * AttachCurrentThread
    * AttachCurrentThreadAsDaemon
    * DetachCurrentThread
    * GetEnv