Re: Accessing array property length through JNI

[James Perkins <jrperkinsjr@xxxxxxxxx>]

One option would be don't use an array. Use a list and you can use the
java.util.Arrays.asList(array) transform the array into a list.
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James R. Perkins


On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 01:33, eftimios pantzopoulos
<eftimios@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> I've been investigating the way that JNI works and I've been writing Java
> code and then trying to get the same thing working from RPG.
>
> The play code involves the String split method and the arrayname.length
> property. This all works in the Java version.
>
> I mistakenly thought that length was an instance variable and wasted a lot
> of time until a real Java developer pointed out that it was a property of
> the Java array. The array is a native Java type so of course there is no
> instance variable. I've been using Tom Snyder's book (Advanced Integrated
> RPG) as my bible and was using the example code to obtain the Class Id anf
> Field Id for length. The field id access was failing because (as I now
> understand) there is no length instance variable.
>
> So the question is - am I able to access the property value through JNI and
> if so how.
>
> Thanks in Advance
>
>
>
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