JDK Enhancement Proposal (JEP) 191 defines the Java Foreign Function Interface (FFI), which are interfaces that can bind native functions to Java methods and can manage blocks of native memory.

JNI was introduced in JDK 1.1, which dates back to February 1997, as the primary means for interoperating between Java code and native code, typically written in C.The interface allows Java code ...

I'm working with a large java project that uses the JNI to interface with some C++ libraries. Although everything works fine while the program is running, I get the following assert failure on ...

The Java Native Interface offers a complex and potentially error-prone approach to accessing native code from your Java programs. This month Jeff Friesen introduces JNA: an open source Java ...

Per-Åke Minborg, Consulting Member of Technical Staff, Java Core Libraries at Oracle, presented “Function and Memory Access in Pure Java” at JavaOne 2025. Minborg demonstrated how the Foreign ...

In Java, a shared library is files used by multiple applications. Each shared library consists of a symbolic name, a Java classpath, and a native path for loading Java Native Interface (JNI ...

Java just turned 30, and it’s still crushing cloud, AI, ... Java developers can generate bindings to foreign code easily, sidestepping the clunky and error-prone Java Native Interface (JNI).

Embedded database vendor McObject is making a play to appeal to Java developers with the creation of a new interface for its ExtremeDB product. With its JNI (Java Native Interface) for ExtremeDB ...

SUN Java provides a mechanism for integration with functions coded in C/C++ or assembler, and basically offers two frameworks: Java Native Interface (JNI), and Java Native Access (JNA).

Major features in Java 19 will make it easier for Java developers to build applications that interface with non-Java code, among other capabilities in the 10th edition of the platform’s six ...