This sample project shows how BridJ & JNAerator can be used to maintain a custom native library built on many platforms, along with its bindings.

To build on Unix (MacOS X, Linux, Solaris), simply type the following lines

git clone https://github.com/ochafik/nativelibs4java.git
cd nativelibs4java/libraries/BridJ/Examples/BasicExample
mvn clean install

This will automatically:

• Rebuild the native library for the host architecture (libexample.so or libexample.dylib)
• Create the bindings under target/generated-sources
• Compile all the Java files under src/main/java (you can put your own there, for instance to wrap C/C++ entities in Java ones) and create a JAR in target
• Run the tests in src/test/java

You may want to:

• Add more *.cpp files under src/main/native/example: just add them in src/main/native/example/Makefile with a UNITS += mynewfile line, without the file extension.
• Add more libraries under src/main/native (each directory will need its own Makefile that can be copied from the example one)
• Tweak the JNAerator config file src/main/jnaerator/config.jnaerator (see JNAerator Wiki)
• Port the build scripts and/or BridJ to a new architecture (platforms supported by dyncall should be extremely easy to port)

You may want to inspect pom.xml to update to a newer release of BridJ or JNAerator.