Java Native Interface

Java Native Interface

The Java Native Interface (JNI) is a programming framework that enables Java code running in a Java Virtual Machine (JVM) to call, and to be called by, native applications (programs specific to a hardware and operating system platform) and libraries written in other languages such as C, C++ and assembly.

Read more about Java Native Interface:  Purpose and Features, Pitfalls, How The JNI Works, Microsoft's RNI

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