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Asked: 2026-05-23T15:11:17+00:00

I’m trying to create a C dynamic library that’s callable from Java. I’ve compiled

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I’m trying to create a C dynamic library that’s callable from Java. I’ve compiled a DLL under Cygwin, using SWIG to generate the JNI with the following makefile: 

CC= gcc -mno-cygwin
SWIG= /cygdrive/c/Documents\ and\ Settings/student/Desktop/swigwin-2.0.4/swig.exe -java 
INCLUDE1= -I/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Java/jdk1.6.0_25/include 
INCLUDE2= -I/cygdrive/c/Program\ Files/Java/jdk1.6.0_25/include/win32

utilities:
    ${SWIG} utilities.i
    ${CC} -c utilities.c utilities_wrap.c ${INCLUDE1} ${INCLUDE2}
    ${CC} -shared utilities.o utilities_wrap.o -Wl,--add-stdcall-alias -o utilities.dll

Here are the contents of the SWIG interface file utilities.i:

/* utilities.i */
%module utilities
%{
#include "driver.h"
%}

extern int get_3711a_fd(char * device);
/* Other prototypes omitted for brevity */

I’ve verified that the methods are being correctly exported from the DLL, and placed utilities.dll in both:

  1. C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\bin
  2. C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_25\jre\bin

I use System.load(libraryPath) to load from path 1. above, with the library file-name included in the path, and catch any SecurityException or UnsatisfiedLinkError on that call.

The library loads without any exceptions, but calling the library fails with the following:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: 
invokeoncomport.utilitiesJNI.get_3711a_fd(Ljava/lang/String;)I
    at invokeoncomport.utilitiesJNI.get_3711a_fd(Native Method)
    at invokeoncomport.utilities.get_3711a_fd(utilities.java:14)
    at invokeoncomport.Main.main(Main.java:41)
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  1. Editorial Team

    I found this section of the SWIG documentation, which says:

    The packageName and moduleName must of
    course be correct else you will get
    linker errors when the JVM dynamically
    loads the JNI function.

    After looking at utilities_wrap.c, I saw my generated JNI method definitions did not contain a package name. To fix this, I added the SWIG -package command-line option to the first line of my makefile:

    swig.exe -java -package invokeoncomport utilities.i

    My JNI methods definitions now look like the following, and my linking error is fixed! 

    SWIGEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_invokeoncomport_utilitiesJNI_set_13711a_on(...)
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