What is Native code ? What is Native Method in Java?

Native code is known as machine code to run with a particular processor and its set of

instructions.

A native method is a Java method (either an instance method or a class method) whose

implementation is written in another programming language such as C. We can integrate native

methods into Java code. These methods can be called from inside your Java program just as you

call any other Java method

.

For example:

public native int meth() ;

After we declare a native method, we must write the native method and follow some

complex series of steps to link it with Java code. Most native methods are written in C. The

mechanism used to integrate C code.