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. This J ...

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.

Foreign Function & Memory API to Bridge the Gap between Java and Native Libraries Oct 25, 2023 5 min read by A N M Bazlur Rahman Java Champion & Contributing Editor at InfoQ and Foojay.IO. Follow ...

Foreign Memory API This API provides safe and efficient access to memory outside the Java heap. New concepts such as memory segments and memory layouts offer fine-grained control over memory ...

If the Java code trusts it enough to use it for itself, then I think I shouldn't worry about the JVM freeing it up or unloading the library.<BR><BR>Thanks for that!