<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body><div>Maybe.,..</div><div><br></div><div>System.loadLibrary("mylib");</div><div><br></div><div>Google's AI says...</div><div><br></div><div><div><br></div></div><div>« The <code style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);border-right-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);border-bottom-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);border-image-source:none;border-image-slice:100%;border-image-width:1;border-image-outset:0;border-image-repeat:stretch;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-left-radius:3px;background-image:none;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-attachment:scroll;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;background-color:rgb(246, 246, 246);font-family:menlo, consolas, monospace;font-size:90%;padding-top:1px;padding-right:3px;padding-bottom:1px;padding-left:3px;">System.loadLibrary</code> method in Java is used to load a native library specified by its name, without including the platform-specific prefix or file extension. This method searches for the library in the paths defined in the <code style="border-top-width:1px;border-right-width:1px;border-bottom-width:1px;border-left-width:1px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:solid;border-bottom-style:solid;border-left-style:solid;border-top-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);border-right-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);border-bottom-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);border-left-color:rgb(204, 204, 204);border-image-source:none;border-image-slice:100%;border-image-width:1;border-image-outset:0;border-image-repeat:stretch;border-top-left-radius:3px;border-top-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-right-radius:3px;border-bottom-left-radius:3px;background-image:none;background-position-x:0%;background-position-y:0%;background-size:auto;background-repeat:repeat;background-attachment:scroll;background-origin:padding-box;background-clip:border-box;background-color:rgb(246, 246, 246);font-family:menlo, consolas, monospace;font-size:90%;padding-top:1px;padding-right:3px;padding-bottom:1px;padding-left:3px;">java.library.path</code> system property. »</div><div><br></div><div>On Thu, Jan 29, 2026, at 10:13, Lev Serebryakov wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite" id="qt" style=""><div>Hello!</div><div><br></div><div> I wonder, is there best practices for `<a href="http://SymbolLookup.libraryLookup">SymbolLookup.libraryLookup</a>()`? </div><div><br></div><div> I mean, in POSIX-like systems it look in system directories and I can simply pass `"libname"` as argument. But on Windows it doesn't work even with `-<a href="http://Djava.library.path">Djava.library.path</a>` which points do directory with `<a href="http://libname.dll">libname.dll</a>`, looks like I need ".dll" to name.</div><div><br></div><div> Check for OS via property "<a href="http://os.name">os.name</a>" looks like bad solution: maybe, on other systems, which I'm not ware about, I need add other extension, and my code which check will fails!</div><div><br></div><div> And I cannot understand what should I pass in MacOS. I've tried "name", "libname", "<a href="http://libname.dylib">libname.dylib</a>" — nothing works. Library file is "<a href="http://libname.dylib">libname.dylib</a>" in directory passed as `-<a href="http://Djava.library.path">Djava.library.path</a>". </div><div><br></div><div> Is here better and future-proof way?</div><div><br></div><div> I can copy code from JNA, but I don't like it very much, to be honest.</div><div><br></div><div>Thnak you.</div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>// Lev Serebryakov</div><div><br></div></blockquote><div><br></div></body></html>