FFM supported in GraalVM Native Image

[Glavo]

See
https://www.graalvm.org/latest/reference-manual/native-image/dynamic-features/foreign-interface/

Glavo

On Thu, Jan 4, 2024 at 9:55 AM tison <wander4096 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> This can be a bit out of scope, but I wonder if there is a plan to
> support FFM in GraalVM Native Image.
>
> The original issue is that I want to resolve "~username" to the real
> absolute path, and I don't find anything that can achieve this in JDK.
>
> Instead, it's supported in POSIX with getpwnam_r and pw_dir. So, I'd
> like to use FFM to access these functions (instead of JNI and
> distribute multiple classifiers for many platforms).
>
> Then, another object I'd like to achieve is packaging my lib into a
> GraalVM Native Image, so it should be considered if FFM will be
> supported in that technology in a future version.
>
> Alternatively, if JDK provides interfaces to support more POSIX
> manipulations, it would be more than desired.
>
> Looking forward to your feedback.
>
> Best,
> tison.
>
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