> From: Aaron M. Renn
>
>
> John Keiser wrote:
> > > > I've implemented Float.parseFloat() but Japhar doesn't find the
> > > > function given the signature I've used for it. Looking at the javah
> > > > from 1.2 I can't see what I'm doing wrong. Why does Japhar bomb
> > > > with...
> > >
> > > Is Float loading the library that contains this function in a static
> > > initializer? If not, Japhar won't find it.
> >
> > Why is this? I thought native method bindings were supposed to
> be late (as
> > late as the actual call itself) ...
>
> The bindings are late, but even then, how will Japhar know about
> your shared
> library if you don't tell it? If the function is not in one of Japhar's
> "standard" libraries, you have to explicitly load the library at some
> point. If find it convenient to do so in a static initializer.
>
Oops, forget what I said, I parsed the double negative wrong in the original
sentence. That's the way I do it too.
--John
