Re: JTOpen problem from JNI

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

You say "it dies" but what does that mean?

Also, why are you using JNI instead of the RPG *JAVA support?  It seems 
like an awful lot of work.

Joe

> Hello,
>
> I have a Java method that lists files from a given directory on my
> local AS400 and puts them on an FTP server.
> This works ok when I call the method from an RPG IV module using the
> language's built in support (extproc(*JAVA) etc).
>
> When I call the method via JNI it dies on the first JTOpen statement:
>
> System.out.println(ifsdir); // this input parm is printed ok when
> called from both RPG IV and JNI
> IFSJavaFile dir = new IFSJavaFile(new AS400("mybox"), ifsdir);
> System.out.println("made it here"); // only call from RPG IV makes it here
>
> I've tested supplying user and password too to the AS400 constructor,
> same thing.
> I have also verified that the input string is ok. I don't know what
> CCSID RPG IV is using when it's transforming an EBCDIC string into a
> java.lang.String object but on the JNI side I've converted the input
> strings to both CCSID 1208 and 819 before calling NewStringUTF() with
> the same result.
>
> The classpath is set in the calling program and is the same from both
> RPG IV and JNI.
>
> So, are there any special considerations to be aware of when using
> JTOpen classes from JNI? Very grateful for suggestions!
>
> Best wishes
> Erik