Understanding and Using the Java native Keyword

The native modifier in Java marks a method whose implementation is supplied by code written in another language—usually C or C++. A typical example is Object.hashCode(): public native int hashCode(); Because the JVM cannot directly manipulate raw memory or hardware, such low-level work is delegated to platform-specific native libraries. The Ja ...

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