How do I convert jstring to wchar_t *

Question

Let\'s say that on the C++ side my function takes a variable of type jstring named myString. I can convert it to an ANSI string as follows:

Answer 1

Rather simple. But do not forget to free the memory by ReleaseStringChars

JNIEXPORT jboolean JNICALL Java_TestClass_test(JNIEnv * env, jobject, jstring string)
{
    const wchar_t * utf16 = (wchar_t *)env->GetStringChars(string, NULL);
    ...
    env->ReleaseStringChars(string, utf16);
}