The fully qualified location of the classes to be converted to C header and source files\&.
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The \f3javah\fR command 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 \f3\&.h\fR file contains a \f3struct\fR definition with a layout that parallels the layout of the corresponding class\&. The fields in the \f3struct\fR correspond to instance variables in the class\&.
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The name of the header file and the structure declared within it are derived from the name of the class\&. When the class passed to the \f3javah\fR command is inside a package, the package name is added to the beginning of both the header file name and the structure name\&. Underscores (_) are used as name delimiters\&.
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By default the \f3javah\fR command creates a header file for each class listed on the command line and puts the files in the current directory\&. Use the \f3-stubs\fR option to create source files\&. Use the \f3-o\fR option to concatenate the results for all listed classes into a single file\&.
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The Java Native Interface (JNI) does not require header information or stub files\&. The \f3javah\fR command can still be used to generate native method function prototypes needed for JNI-style native methods\&. The \f3javah\fR command produces JNI-style output by default and places the result in the \f3\&.h\fR file\&.
Concatenates the resulting header or source files for all the classes listed on the command line into an output file\&. Only one of \f3-o\fR or \f3-d\fR can be used\&.
Sets the directory where the \f3javah\fR command saves the header files or the stub files\&. Only one of \f3-d\fR or \f3-o\fR can be used\&.
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-stubs
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Causes the \f3javah\fR command to generate C declarations from the Java object file\&.
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-verbose
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Indicates verbose output and causes the \f3javah\fR command to print a message to \f3stdout\fR about the status of the generated files\&.
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-help
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Prints a help message for \f3javah\fR usage\&.
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-version
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Prints \f3javah\fR command release information\&.
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-jni
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Causes the \f3javah\fR command to create an output file containing JNI-style native method function prototypes\&. This is the default output; use of \f3-jni\fR is optional\&.
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-classpath \fIpath\fR
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Specifies the path the \f3javah\fR command uses to look up classes\&. Overrides the default or the \f3CLASSPATH\fR environment variable when it is set\&. Directories are separated by colons on Oracle Solaris and semicolons on Windows\&. The general format for path is:
As a special convenience, a class path element that contains a base name of * is considered equivalent to specifying a list of all the files in the directory with the extension \f3\&.jar\fR or \f3\&.JAR\fR\&.
For example, if directory \f3mydir\fR contains \f3a\&.jar\fR and \f3b\&.JAR\fR, then the class path element \f3mydir/*\fR is expanded to a \f3A\fR\f3\&.jar:b\&.JAR\fR, except that the order of jar files is unspecified\&. All JAR files in the specified directory, including hidden ones, are included in the list\&. A class path entry that consists of * expands to a list of all the JAR files in the current directory\&. The \f3CLASSPATH\fR environment variable, where defined, is similarly expanded\&. Any class path wild card expansion occurs before the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) is started\&. A Java program will never see unexpanded wild cards except by querying the environment\&. For example, by calling \f3System\&.getenv("CLASSPATH")\fR\&.
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-bootclasspath \fIpath\fR
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Specifies the path from which to load bootstrap classes\&. By default, the bootstrap classes are the classes that implement the core Java platform located in \f3jre\elib\ert\&.jar\fR and several other JAR files\&.
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-old
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Specifies that old JDK 1\&.0-style header files should be generated\&.
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-force
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Specifies that output files should always be written\&.
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-J\fIoption\fR
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Passes \f3option\fR to the Java Virtual Machine, where \f3option\fR is one of the options described on the reference page for the Java application launcher\&. For example, \f3-J-Xms48m\fR sets the startup memory to 48 MB\&. See java(1)\&.
