How do you set a library path in java ?

[Keshini Weerasuriya]

Hey... I get the error message...

java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: nativeLoadProlog
at Int386w.nativeLoadProlog(Native Method)
at Int386w.loadProlog(INT386w.java:28)
at FlexIS.loadFlex(FlexIS.java:21)
at FlexEG.<init>(FlexEG.java:30)
at FlexEG.main(FlexEG.java:18)

How do you set a library path in java??

[Stefan Wagner]

You don't set it in java, but in the OS.
On linux:

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/your/path/here

[Ernest Friedman-Hill]

That's one way -- works on UNIX variants only. You can also put the libraries on the PATH (works for Windows only). Or you can do things the portable way, and use the special system property for this: it's java.library.path, as in

java -Djava.library.path=c:\wherever Foo

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[Keshini Weerasuriya]

Hi... Thanks for your help.. I'm trying to connect flex (expert system shell) with java..

Even though i set the library path it still doesn't seem to work..........
Can u suggest any other way?? why do i keep on getting the same error??

[Peter Chase]

The java.library.path thing does work fine, as does LD_LIBRARY_PATH on Unix-like platforms. If your program isn't working, then you need to look carefully at what files are where etc. and to read the JNI documentation carefully.

There are other ways to connect Java native methods to their underlying native implementations. Your native code can load the library itself explicitly, using platform-specific code (e.g. LoadLibrary() on Windows). It can then use the JNI RegisterNatives() function to link functions in the library to Java native methods. This also frees you from naming the native functions according to the rather long-winded JNI function names.

[Stefan Wagner]

Originally posted by Ernest Friedman-Hill:
Or you can do things the portable way, and use the special system property for this: it's java.library.path, as in

java -Djava.library.path=c:\wherever Foo

c: - very portable, indeed.