JNI compilation

The following example showcases how you can compile a native library alongside your Java sources. We'll be using the saker.msvc.ccompile() task to compile the C sources, and use saker.msvc.clink() to link the object files (from the saker.msvc package). These tasks use the Microsoft Visual C++ compiler.

The example also uses the saker.sdk.support package.

$javac = saker.java.compile(
	SourceDirectories: src,
	GenerateNativeHeaders: true
)
$ccompile = saker.msvc.ccompile(
	{
		Files: csrc/**/*.cpp,
		IncludeDirectories: [
			sdk.path(java, Identifier: include),
			sdk.path(java, Identifier: include.platform),
			$javac[HeaderDirectory]
		]
	},
	SDKs: {
		Java: $javac[JavaSDK]
	},
	CompilerOptions: [
		saker.msvc.coptions.preset(dll)
	]
)
saker.msvc.clink(
	$ccompile,
	LinkerOptions: [
		saker.msvc.coptions.preset(dll)
	]
)

The above example assumes that the Java sources are in the src directory, while the native sources that the library consists of is under the csrc directory.

We'll simply compile our Java sources with native header generation enabled. Later, we need to pass the include directories and the associated JDK to the C compiler so it can find the appropriate platform headers. We also pass the output header directory from our compilation process using $javac[HeaderDirectory].

The include.platform SDK path identifier corresponds to the include directory that is associated with the current operating system that the build is running on. If you want a platform specific directory, you can use any of the following instead of include.platform: include.win32 (Windows), include.darwin (macOS), include.linus (Linux), or include.solaris (Solaris).
The include path identifier corresponds to the JDK include directory that contains jni.h.

We need to pass the Java SDK to the C compile task that our compilation task used, so it can resolve the above path identifiers for the include directories.

The saker.msvc.coptions.preset() task loads some predefined options that causes the compiler and linker to create a native library. (DLL)

You may want to further adapt the example for release, debug builds, and based on your needs.