jnr.ffi
Class Library

java.lang.Object
  jnr.ffi.Library

public final class Library
extends Object

Method Summary

static void	addLibraryPath(String libraryName, File path) Adds a custom search path for a library
static Library	getInstance(String libraryName)
static List<String>	getLibraryPath(String libraryName) Gets the custom search path for a library.
String	getName() Gets the name of this library
static Runtime	getRuntime(Object obj)
static <T> T	loadLibrary(Class<T> interfaceClass, Map<LibraryOption,?> libraryOptions, String... libraryNames) Loads a native library and links the methods defined in interfaceClass to native methods in the library.
static <T> T	loadLibrary(Class<T> interfaceClass, String... libraryNames) Loads a native library and links the methods defined in interfaceClass to native methods in the library.
static <T> T	loadLibrary(String libraryName, Class<T> interfaceClass) Loads a native library and links the methods defined in interfaceClass to native methods in the library.
static <T> T	loadLibrary(String libraryName, Class<T> interfaceClass, Map<LibraryOption,?> libraryOptions) Loads a native library and links the methods defined in interfaceClass to native methods in the library.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

getRuntime

public static final Runtime getRuntime(Object obj)

loadLibrary

public static <T> T loadLibrary(String libraryName,
                                Class<T> interfaceClass)

Loads a native library and links the methods defined in interfaceClass to native methods in the library.

Parameters:

libraryName - the name of the library to load

interfaceClass - the interface that describes the native library interface

Returns:

an instance of interfaceclass that will call the native methods.

loadLibrary

public static <T> T loadLibrary(Class<T> interfaceClass,
                                String... libraryNames)

Loads a native library and links the methods defined in interfaceClass to native methods in the library.

Parameters:

libraryName - the name of the library to load

interfaceClass - the interface that describes the native library interface

Returns:

an instance of interfaceclass that will call the native methods.

loadLibrary

public static <T> T loadLibrary(String libraryName,
                                Class<T> interfaceClass,
                                Map<LibraryOption,?> libraryOptions)

Loads a native library and links the methods defined in interfaceClass to native methods in the library.

Parameters:

libraryName - the name of the library to load

interfaceClass - the interface that describes the native library interface

libraryOptions - options

Returns:

an instance of interfaceclass that will call the native methods.

loadLibrary

public static <T> T loadLibrary(Class<T> interfaceClass,
                                Map<LibraryOption,?> libraryOptions,
                                String... libraryNames)

Loads a native library and links the methods defined in interfaceClass to native methods in the library.

Parameters:

libraryName - the name of the library to load

interfaceClass - the interface that describes the native library interface

libraryOptions - options

Returns:

an instance of interfaceclass that will call the native methods.

addLibraryPath

public static final void addLibraryPath(String libraryName,
                                        File path)

Adds a custom search path for a library

Parameters:

libraryName - the name of the library to search for

path - the path to search for the library in

getLibraryPath

public static List<String> getLibraryPath(String libraryName)

Gets the custom search path for a library.

Parameters:

libraryName - The library to retrieve the path for.

Returns:

A List of String instances.

getInstance

public static final Library getInstance(String libraryName)

getName

public String getName()

Gets the name of this library

Returns:

The name of this library as a String