Package de.intarsys.nativec.api

Interface INativeInterface

All Known Implementing Classes:

JnaNativeInterface

public interface INativeInterface

The abstraction of a generic interface to c native code.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
void	addSearchPath(java.lang.String path)	Add a directory to the search path.
INativeHandle	allocate(int size)	Allocate c memory and return the respective INativeHandle.
INativeCallback	createCallback(ICallback callback)
INativeFunction	createFunction(long address)	Create an INativeFunction from a function pointer.
INativeHandle	createHandle(long address)	Create a void INativeHandle to a memory address.
INativeLibrary	createLibrary(java.lang.String name)	Load a new INativeLibrary.
int	longSize()	The platform long size.
int	pointerSize()	The platform pointer size.
int	wideCharSize()	The platform wide char size.

Method Detail

addSearchPath

void addSearchPath(java.lang.String path)

Add a directory to the search path.

Parameters:

path - The path to be added;

allocate

INativeHandle allocate(int size)

Allocate c memory and return the respective INativeHandle.

Parameters:

size - The size in bytes.

Returns:

The new allocated INativeHandle

createCallback

INativeCallback createCallback(ICallback callback)

createFunction

INativeFunction createFunction(long address)

Create an INativeFunction from a function pointer.

There is no special handling for the 0 address!

Parameters:

address - The function pointer.

Returns:

The function object.

createHandle

INativeHandle createHandle(long address)

Create a void INativeHandle to a memory address.

There is no special handling for the 0 address!

Parameters:

address - The memory address.

Returns:

The handle to the memory address.

createLibrary

INativeLibrary createLibrary(java.lang.String name)

Load a new INativeLibrary.

Parameters:

name - The name of the library to load.

Returns:

The new INativeLibrary

longSize

int longSize()

The platform long size.

Returns:

The platform long size.

pointerSize

int pointerSize()

The platform pointer size.

Returns:

The platform pointer size.

wideCharSize

int wideCharSize()

The platform wide char size.

Returns:

The platform wide char size.