how to access a method of C++ library (DLL) from Java

Question

I have a library which is written in C++ (actually a Firefox plugin, xyz.dll) and I need to access its methods from Java.

public class AccessLibrary {
    p         


        

Answer 1

I think your native library needs to provide a C-style interface, for example

__declspec( dllexport ) void showVersion() {
  /* ... */
}

Ideally, take a look at your DLL with depends.exe (which is available through the Windows SDK), there you'll see if your DLL provides the correct function exports.