Re: JNA performance
On 05/08/2011 01:35 AM, Qu0ll wrote:
I am about to do some Java programming involving native libraries so can
anyone comment on their experiences with the performance of JNA? I note the
following (somewhat concerning) statement from the JNA website:
"While some attention is paid to performance, correctness and ease of use take
priority."
I guess there's little point in using it if it sucks performance-wise even if
it is "easy to use"! I have never used JNI either but it looks not so "easy to
use" (i.e. requires some C programming).
Using JNA or JNI for performance is likely to be a fool's errand. What is the
performance of your non-JNA approach? How much better does it need to be?
Why do you think that calls to non-native libraries are the bottleneck?
Also, where do you get the notion that JNA "sucks performance-wise"? The JNA
folks claim that "some attention is paid to performance". That indicates /a
priori/ that performance is likely not to "suck". Therefore any conclusion
you made that they failed in that attention is based on measurement. What
measurements did you perform, what were the results, and what do you need the
results to be?
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