Before we explore Java’s support for class initialization, let’s recap the steps of initializing a Java class. Consider Listing 1. ... (Math is part of Java’s standard class library.

The Java standard class library. Java includes a large runtime library of class files, which store compiled classes and other types. I refer to this as the standard class library.

I'm purely a Java guy, and we'll eventually get to a pure Java library, but in the meantime I'd like to test using something like JNA. I'm wanting to keep this under a linux environment.