Foreign Function & Memory API – A (Quick) Peek Under the Hood

JNI is, to date, the only way to access native libraries from Java code, but JNI’s brittle and convoluted programming model makes it tedious to use at scale. But no more: JDK’s 22 Foreign Function & Memory API provides a safe, modern and efficient way to access foreign memory and code from Java.

Presented by Maurizio Cimadamore (Oracle)
Recorded during FOSDEM 2024

Try the FFM API in JDK 22!
◦ https://jdk.java.net/22/
◦ https://openjdk.org/jeps/454
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Generate FFM bindings with the jextract tool
◦ https://jdk.java.net/jextract/

Build the latest version of the FFM API & jextract
◦ https://github.com/openjdk/panama-foreign
◦ https://github.com/openjdk/jextract

◦ FOSDEM 2024 Free Java Devroom ➱ https://fosdem.org/2024/schedule/track/free-java/

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