snappy-java doesn't build its JNI bindings. SnappyNative.cpp should be compiled as a libsnappyjava.so shared library and installed in a libsnappy-java package. The missing maxCompressedLength method reported by Oliver is actually defined in SnappyNative.cpp.
I'll prepare an update with these changes. Any objection to move the Git repository under pkg-java? Emmanuel Bourg __ This is the maintainer address of Debian's Java team <http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-java-maintainers>. Please use [email protected] for discussions and questions.

