Could I pack native DLLs into WAR?

Question

I\'m developing a web service which is using native code via JNI. Could I pack those dll\'s into my war?
I\'ve tired to manage them independently...

PS I\'m usin

Answer 1

No you can't. DLLs have to be loaded from the file system. You would need (1) a cast-iron guarantee that the application server will unpack WARs to the file system, and (2) a knowledge of exactly where the DLL would be unpacked to on the file system so you can call System.load() with the correct filename.