Hello, I'm wonder how can I have something like Java JNI but for Kotlin? How do I generate a c/c++ header from Kotlin code? I have a JVM project (not multiplatform) where I would like to create a small Kotlin class to genenrate the c++ header then I will write C++ code to fulfill my needs. Is that doable?

Biggest question is, why javah does not work with byte code. How do other jvm language generate headers? But for Kotlin, I guess, ksp sounds doable, just filter the

native

classes and create the c code. Do you have a C code generator lib in mind?

I usually just write java interfaces and generate from that. Then use ij java to kt concerter to get rid of those

@Big Chungus When I said "I will write C++ code to fulfill my needs" It's essentially writing C++ code that will use a c++ library that is not available only in C++. So would this scenario still be a candidate to use Kotlin Native? I'm extremely new to KN

Ah, no. Kotlin native does not support cpp interop at the moment. You can hack it via c bindings, but i wouldn't recommend it

Ok then my best option would be to use a Java Class + JNI yes ? @Big Chungus

That would be my recommendation