JNI- FindClass function returns null

Question

I have a simple java class ("MainX") that I compile using a shell script and eclipse. When I invoke the env->FindClass("MainX") function the MainX.class file generated from the script returns null whereas the MainX.class file generated from eclipse returns the class and executes thereafter the runMainX function.

The generated MainX.class file is located in the same folder with the JNI C++ executable.

MainX.java

public class MainX {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        // TODO Auto-generated method stub
        System.out.println(new MainX().runMainX());
    }

    public String runMainX(){
        return ("0.789");
    }
}

JNIBinding.cpp

#define USER_CLASSPATH "."
....
....

JNIEnv* createVM (JavaVM **jvm)
{
    JNIEnv *env;                     /* pointer to native method interface */
    JavaVMInitArgs vm_args;              /* JDK/JRE 6 VM initialization arguments */
    JavaVMOption* options = new JavaVMOption[1]; //holds various JVM optional settings

    options[0].optionString = const_cast<char*>("-Djava.class.path="USER_CLASSPATH);
    vm_args.version = JNI_VERSION_1_6;       //version of Java platform
    vm_args.nOptions = 1;
    vm_args.options = options;
    vm_args.ignoreUnrecognized = false;
    /* load and initialize a Java VM, return a JNI interface * pointer in env */
    long status = JNI_CreateJavaVM(jvm, (void**)&env, &vm_args);

    if (status == JNI_ERR){
       cout << "Fail: Unable to load JVM \t Exit" << endl;
    }
    else if (status == JNI_OK){
    cout << "CreateVM:\t\tJVM loaded successfully!" << endl ;
    }

    delete options;
    return env;
}

....
....

float invokeMainX(JavaVM **jvm, JNIEnv *env){

    jclass    mainClass ; //Returns a class object from a fully-qualified name, or NULL if the class cannot be found.
    jmethodID classConstructor; //Returns the method ID for an instance (nonstatic) method of a class 
    jobject   classObject;  //Constructs a new java object
    jmethodID methodid;

    float outcome = 0;

    mainClass = env->FindClass("MainX");    //Returns a class object from a fully-qualified name, or NULL if the class cannot be found.
    if (mainClass==0) return 0;
         classConstructor = env->GetMethodID(mainClass, "<init>", "()V"); //Returns the method ID for an instance (nonstatic) method of a class 
    if (classConstructor==0) return -1;  
         classObject = env->NewObject(mainClass, classConstructor); //Constructs a new java object
    if (classObject==0) return -2;  
         methodid = env->GetMethodID(mainClass, "runMainX", "()Ljava/lang/String;");
    if (methodid==0) return -3;
            jstring result = (jstring)env->CallObjectMethod(classObject, methodid); //returns the result of the calling method, an object 

....
....
}

Could someone explain me why this occurs?

I appreciate any help.

Any idea??? Thanks in advance

Answer 1

From the JNI Documentation for FindClass:

name: a fully-qualified class name (that is, a package name, delimited by "/", 
      followed by the class name).

So assuming the class is in the package your.package.name, I guess you'll have to replace

mainClass = env->FindClass("MainX");

with

mainClass = env->FindClass("your/package/name/MainX");

Hope this helps!