Question

I’m trying to use JNI and getting java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError. Unlike the other million questions asked about this, I have the lib on my path, and have even seen the exception change when I remove it. I’m sure that something is wrong with the dll I have created, but I’m not sure what.

Here is my java class code:

package com;

public class Tune {
    static {
        System.loadLibrary("lala");
    }
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        Tune j = new Tune();
        System.out.println("2+6="+j.add(2, 6));
    }
    native public int add(int x,int y);
}

Here is the abridged portion of my javah produced header file:

/*
 * Class:     com_Tune
 * Method:    add
 * Signature: (II)I
 */
JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_com_Tune_add
  (JNIEnv *, jobject, jint, jint);

Here is my c++ code:

#include <jni.h>
#include <com_Tune.h>

JNIEXPORT jint JNICALL Java_com_Tune_add
  (JNIEnv * env, jobject obj, jint x, jint y) {
    return x+y;
  }

Here is the runtime exception I get from eclipse:

Exception in thread "main" java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: com.Tune.add(II)I
    at com.Tune.add(Native Method)
    at com.Tune.main(Tune.java:9)

I read that the above exception means it DID find the library “lala”, but that the method “add” is still not defined. The only things I see different between my project and the tutorial are:

• Mine uses a package, instead of the default package (shouldn’t tutorials really do this?!?! come on let’s get professional)
  • Mine has a return value.
  • I moved my dll after it was created (I don’t think this will break it since my path is configured.)

How is this possible?

Other Info:

OS: Windows 7
JDK: 1.6.0_31 (for x86, 32 bit jvm)
C++ IDE: Code::Blocks (the dll was compiled automatically by the Code::Blocks IDE)
C++ compiler: MinGW32-g++ (the GNU C++ compiler)

I have jni.h and com_Tune.h in C:\_\include
I have lala.dll in C:\_\lib

Environment Variables:
PATH: C:\Program Files (x86)\NVIDIA Corporation\PhysX\Common;%CommonProgramFiles%\Microsoft Shared\Windows Live;C:\Program Files (x86)\AMD APP\bin\x86_64;C:\Program Files (x86)\AMD APP\bin\x86;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem;%SYSTEMROOT%\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;C:\Program Files (x86)\ATI Technologies\ATI.ACE\Core-Static;C:\Apps;%JAVA_HOME%\bin;C:\Program Files\MySQL\MySQL Server 5.5\bin;%MAVEN_HOME%\bin;%HADOOP_INSTALL%\bin;c:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\Tools\Binn\;c:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\100\DTS\Binn\;C:\MinGW\bin;C:\Program Files (x86)\GnuWin32\bin;C:_\path;C:\_\lib;C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Visual Studio 10.0\VC\bin;C:\_\include

Answer 1

Just guessing… Is your dll depends on another dll that is not on the path? MinGW modules usually depend on specific C runtime library.