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Jan 13

NativeMirror : Easier way to make JNI/CPP calls from haxe

It’s still useful to know how to make native calls from haxe manually ( for debugging by example ) but there is a quicker and easier way.
It’s stricly type, flexible and simple.
It use a simple macro you can find here : here.

All you have to do is to add it on build of yours haxe class.

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package org.shoebox.test;
@:build(org.shoebox.utils.JNIMirror.build( )) class Test{
}

Then all you need to do is to create mirrors for the native methods.
 

Mirrors for JNI Methods

Basic example:

In the following case the JNI class name and method name are not defined.
So the macro use the same classpath classname and function name than on the haxe side.

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@JNI
static public function test( s : String , i : Int ) : String {}
If the haxe method name or package is not the same on the java side:

You can customize both by adding argments to the JNI meta:

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@JNI("org.shoebox.Test","TestFunc")
static public function test( s : String , i : Int ) : String {}
For non native types:

It works too for non-native type if the class exists on both side ( with the same package and class name ).
By example we are trying to get the instance of the java class Test inside haxe, the method is defined this way:

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@JNI
static public function getInstance( ):Test{
}

 

For CPP Methods

It works the same way, but the first meta argument ( library_name ) must be always defined ( for now ).
The second meta argument ( method_name ) is optional.

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@CPP("library_name","method_name")
public function test_cpp( instance : Dynamic , sTest : String , i : Int , b : Bool ) : Void {}

Hope it helps.