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JNAerator
is a
computer programming
tool
for the
Java
programming language
which automatically generates the
Java Native Access
(JNA) or
BridJ
code needed to call
C
,
C++
and
Objective-C
libraries from Java code.
It reads in
ANSI C
header files and emits Java code. Some optional customization can be done through command line options, which can be saved in configuration files.
JNAerator does not need any native compiling beyond that of the targeted dynamic library (all of the glue code is in Java), which helps simplify the process of binding Java to
C
native libraries when compared to
Java Native Interface
(JNI)-based means.
Its output is typically larger and harder to use than hand-crafted JNA bindings, but it saves time and effort for bindings of large libraries with JNA.
JNAerator Studio
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While JNAerator is mainly a command-line-based tool, it also contains a limited GUI that's ideal for simple quick generation experiments.
It can be launched from the Web using the direct WebStart link from the project's main page, or by double-clicking on JNAerator's JAR executable archive.
Uses
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NativeLibs4Java
gathers a few JNAerator-generated Java wrappers for native libraries:
See also
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- Gluegen
, a similar tool used by the
Java OpenGL
(JOGL) project but needs compiling of native code and provides added runtime features such as argument bounds checks (this Wikipedia page was copied over and adapted from there)
- SWIG
, another free
computer software
tool used to connect
programs
written in
C
/
C++
with various
scripting languages
, and to
C#
and
Java
. It also needs native compiling.
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