error while loading shared libraries: jvm.dll - c++

Question

I am trying to run a java program using c++ code. I tried below code
#include<jni.h>
#include<stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
JavaVM* vm;
JNIEnv* env;
JavaVMInitArgs vm_args;
vm_args.version = JNI_VERSION_1_2;
vm_args.nOptions = 0;
vm_args.ignoreUnrecognized = 1;
// Construct a VM
jint results = JNI_CreateJavaVM(&vm, (void**)& env, &vm_args);
// Construct a String
jstring jstr = env->NewStringUTF("Hello World");
// First get the class that contains the method you need to call
jclass clazz = env->FindClass("java/lang/String");
// Get the method that you want to call
jmethodID to_lower = env->GetMethodID(clazz, "toLowerCase",
"()Ljava/lang/String;");
// Call the method on the object
jobject result = env->CallObjectMethod(jstr, to_lower);
// Get a C-style string
const char* str = env->GetStringUTFChars((jstring)result, NULL);
printf("%s\n", str);
// Clean up
env->ReleaseStringUTFChars(jstr, str);
// Shutdown the VM.
vm->DestroyJavaVM();
}
I used below command to compile the code
g++ LoadJVM.c -I/c/apps64/Java/jdk-11.0.1/include -I/c/apps64/Java/jdk-11.0.1/include/win32 -L/c/apps64/Java/jdk-11.0.1/lib/ -ljvm
It compiles fine, but when i run the executable like below, i am facing error
./a.exe
Error
error while loading shared libraries: jvm.dll: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
Any Idea why this jvm.dll is not getting loaded?
PS: I am compiling and running from Git-Bash on windows 10.

Answer 1

It looks like your jvm.dll can not be found.
Let's say we have 32bit MinGW installation (this is the version I have).
simple.cc
#include<jni.h>
#include<stdio.h>
int main(int argc, char** argv) {
JavaVM* vm;
JNIEnv* env;
JavaVMInitArgs vm_args;
vm_args.version = JNI_VERSION_1_2;
vm_args.nOptions = 0;
vm_args.ignoreUnrecognized = 1;
// Construct a VM
jint results = JNI_CreateJavaVM(&vm, (void**)& env, &vm_args);
printf("Hello");
// Shutdown the VM.
(*vm).DestroyJavaVM();
}
compilation and execution
> export JAVA_HOME="/c/Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/Java/jdk1.8.0_211/"
> export PATH="/c/Program Files (x86)/Java/jdk1.8.0_211/jre/bin/server/":"$PATH"
> g++ -o simple simple.cc -I"$JAVA_HOME/include/" -I"$JAVA_HOME/include/win32/" -L"$JAVA_HOME/lib" -ljvm
> ./simple
Hello
you have to make sure that jvm.dll is visible on %PATH% - $PATH inside git-bash.