com.oracle.nfi.api

Interface NativeFunctionHandle

All Known Implementing Classes:

HotSpotNativeFunctionHandle

public interface NativeFunctionHandle

A handle that can be used to call a native function.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Object	call(Object... args) Calls the native function.

Method Detail

call

Object call(Object... args)

Calls the native function.

The caller is responsible for ensuring args comply with the platform ABI (e.g. Unix AMD64 ABI). If the library function has struct parameters, the fields of the struct must be passed as individual arguments.

Parameters:

args - the arguments that will be passed to the native function

Returns:

boxed return value of the function call