Find Java class in .jar using JNI

Question

I'm writing a program where I call Java functions from C++ code using JNI. My program runs fine if I use .class file directly, but when I add it to a jar file FindClass fails. For example this works fine

    std::string stdOpt = "-Djava.class.path=<path_to_jar>/dependency.jar;<path_to_class>";

    boost::scoped_array<char> opt(new char[stdOpt.size() + 1]);
    std::copy(stdOpt.begin(), stdOpt.end(), opt.get());
    opt[stdOpt.size()] = '\0';
    options[0].optionString = opt.get();

    JavaVMInitArgs vm_args;
    memset(&vm_args, 0, sizeof(vm_args));
    vm_args.version = JNI_VERSION_1_6;
    vm_args.nOptions = 1;
    vm_args.options = options;
    long status = JNI_CreateJavaVM(&m_pJavaVirtualMachine, (void**)&m_pJavaEnvironment, &vm_args);
    if (status != JNI_OK)
        throw std::logic_error("Cannot start Java Virtual Machine");

    m_class = m_pJavaEnvironment->FindClass("MyClass");
    if(m_class == 0)
        throw std::logic_error("Cannot find Java class");

But this one fails

    std::string stdOpt = "-Djava.class.path=<path_to_jar>/dependency.jar;<path_to_jar>/myjar.jar";

    boost::scoped_array<char> opt(new char[stdOpt.size() + 1]);
    std::copy(stdOpt.begin(), stdOpt.end(), opt.get());
    opt[stdOpt.size()] = '\0';
    options[0].optionString = opt.get();

    JavaVMInitArgs vm_args;
    memset(&vm_args, 0, sizeof(vm_args));
    vm_args.version = JNI_VERSION_1_6;
    vm_args.nOptions = 1;
    vm_args.options = options;
    long status = JNI_CreateJavaVM(&m_pJavaVirtualMachine, (void**)&m_pJavaEnvironment, &vm_args);
    if (status != JNI_OK)
        throw std::logic_error("Cannot start Java Virtual Machine");

    m_class = m_pJavaEnvironment->FindClass("MyClass");    //m_class=NULL
    if(m_class == 0)
        throw std::logic_error("Cannot find Java class");  //throwing exception 

Is there any difference that I should do when I'm trying to get Java class from .jar? What's Wrong? Any ideas?

Answer 1

If your class is in a package, include the package in the call to FindClass, not the class path.

 m_class = m_pJavaEnvironment->FindClass( "com/mycompany/mypackage/MyClass" );