[GCC-XML] JNI variables

[Brad King]

k a wrote:
> Thanks for your reply. Here's an example of the header file content and the related generated XML output:
> 
> ============
> Header File
> ============
> #include <jni.h>
> jobject exampleFunc(JNIEnv *env, jclass clazz, jobject obj);
> 
> =========
> XML File
> =========
> <Function id="_3" name="exampleFunc" returns="_67" context="_1" mangled="_Z11exampleFuncP7JNIEnv_P7_jclassP8_jobject" location="f0:3" file="f0" line="3" extern="1">
> <Argument type="_206" /> 
> <Argument type="_62" /> 
> <Argument type="_66" /> 
> </Function>
> 
> ...
> 
> <PointerType id="_66" type="_82" /> 
> <Typedef id="_67" name="jobject" type="_66" context="_1" location="f1:78" file="f1" line="78" /> 
> 
> ...
> 
> <Class id="_82" name="_jobject" context="_1" mangled="8_jobject" location="f1:63" file="f1" line="63" members="_803 _804" bases="" /> 
> 
> ==============
> 
> Well, I guess that's all lead to _jobject (id=82). I guess the question is, could you tell me why jobject is modelled as a PointerType?

It is just what the JNI developers designed.  From jni.h:

class _jobject {};
typedef _jobject *jobject;

-Brad