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<h1 class="topictitle1">Strings in native methods</h1>
<div><p>Many Java™ Native Interface (JNI) functions accept C language-style
strings as parameters. For example, the FindClass() JNI function accepts a
string parameter that specifies the fully-qualified name of a classfile. If
the classfile is found, it is loaded by FindClass, and a reference to it is
returned to the caller of FindClass.</p>
<p>All JNI functions expect their string parameters to be encoded in UTF-8.
For details on UTF-8, you can refer to the JNI Specification, but in most
cases it is enough to observe that 7-bit American Standard Code for Information
Interchange (ASCII) characters are equivalent to their UTF-8 representation.
7-bit ASCII characters are actually 8-bit characters but their first bit is
always 0. So, most ASCII C strings are actually already in UTF-8.</p>
<p>The C compiler on the iSeries™ server operates in extended binary-coded
decimal interchange code (EBCDIC) by default, so you can provide strings to
the JNI functions in UTF-8. There are two ways to do this. You can use literal
strings, or you can use dynamic strings. <a href="literal.htm">Literal
strings</a> are strings whose value is known when the source code is compiled. <a href="dynamic.htm">Dynamic strings</a> are strings whose value is not
known at compile time, but is actually computed at run time.</p>
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<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="literal.htm">Literal strings in native methods</a></strong><br />
It is easier to encode literal strings in UTF-8 if the string is composed of characters with a 7-bit American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII) representation.</li>
<li class="ulchildlink"><strong><a href="dynamic.htm">Convert dynamic strings to and from EBCDIC, Unicode, and UTF-8</a></strong><br />
To manipulate string variables that are computed at run time, it may be necessary to convert strings to and from extended binary-coded decimal interchange (EBCDIC), Unicode, and UTF-8.</li>
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<div class="parentlink"><strong>Parent topic:</strong> <a href="jni.htm" title="You should only use native methods in cases where pure Java cannot meet your programming needs.">Use the Java Native Interface for native methods</a></div>
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