---
name: "icepick-javah"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "icepick"
version: "0.01-3"
release: "Debian 5.0 (Lenny)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/icepick-javah"
---

# icepick-javah(1)

C Header and Stub File Generator javah produces C header files and C source files from a Java class. These files provide the connective glue that allow your Java and C code to interact.

## NAME

javah - C Header and Stub File Generator

**javah** produces C header files and C source files from a Java class. These files provide the connective glue that allow your Java and C code to interact.

## SYNOPSIS

```
javah [ options ] fully-qualified-classname. . .
javah_g [ options ] fully-qualified-classname. . .
```

## DESCRIPTION

**javah** generates C header and source files that are needed to implement native methods. The generated header and source files are used by C programs to reference an object's instance variables from native source code. The .h file contains a struct definition whose layout parallels the layout of the corresponding class. The fields in the struct correspond to instance variables in the class.

The name of the header file and the structure declared within it are derived from the name of the class. If the class passed to **javah** is inside a package, the package name is prepended to both the header file name and the structure name. Underscores (\_) are used as name delimiters.

By default **javah** creates a header file for each class listed on the command line and puts the files in the current directory. Use the *-stubs* option to create source files. Use the *-o* option to concatenate the results for all listed classes into a single file.

The new native method interface, Java Native Interface (JNI), does not require header information or stub files. **javah** can still be used to generate native method function proptotypes needed for JNI-style native methods. **javah** produces JNI-style output by default, and places the result in the .h file.

**javah\_g** is a non-optimized version of **javah** suitable for use with debuggers like **jdb**.

## OPTIONS

- \-o outputfile

  Concatenates the resulting header or source files for all the classes listed on the command line into *outputfile*. Only one of **-o** or **-d** may be used.

- \-d directory

  Sets the directory where **javah** saves the header files or the stub files. Only one of **-d** or **-o** may be used.

- \-stubs

  Causes **javah** to generate C declarations from the Java object file.

- \-verbose

  Indicates verbose output and causes **javah** to print a message to stdout concerning the status of the generated files.

- \-help

  Print help message for **javah** usage.

- \-version

  Print out **javah** version information.

- \-jni

  Causes **javah** to create an output file containing JNI-style native method function prototypes. This is the default output, so use of **-jni** is optional.

- \-classpath path

  Specifies the path **javah** uses to look up classes. Overrides the default or the CLASSPATH environment variable if it is set. Directories are separated by colons. Thus the general format for *path* is:

  ```
     .:<your_path>
  ```

  For example:

  ```
     .:/home/avh/classes:/usr/local/java/classes
  ```

As a special convenience, a class path element containing a basename of *\** is considered equivalent to specifying a list of all the files in the directory with the extension *.jar* or *.JAR* (a java program cannot tell the difference between the two invocations).\
\
 For example, if directory *foo* contains *a.jar* and *b.JAR*, then the class path element *foo/\** is expanded to a *A.jar:b.JAR*, except that the order of jar files is unspecified. All jar files in the specified directory, even hidden ones, are included in the list. A classpath entry consisting simply of *\** expands to a list of all the jar files in the current directory. The *CLASSPATH* environment variable, where defined, will be similarly expanded. Any classpath wildcard expansion occurs before the Java virtual machine is started -- no Java program will ever see unexpanded wildcards except by querying the environment. For example; by invoking *System.getenv("CLASSPATH")*.

- \-bootclasspath path

  Specifies path from which to load bootstrap classes. By default, the bootstrap classes are the classes implementing the core Java 2 platform located in *jre/lib/rt.jar* and several other jar files.

- \-old

  Specifies that old JDK1.0-style header files should be generated.

- \-force

  Specifies that output files should always be written.

- \-Joption

  Pass *option* to the Java virtual machine, where *option* is one of the options described on the reference page for the java application launcher. For example, **-J-Xms48m** sets the startup memory to 48 megabytes.

## ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

- CLASSPATH

  Used to provide the system a path to user-defined classes. Directories are separated by colons, for example,

  ```

  ```

## SEE ALSO

javac, java, jdb, javap, javadoc