Java Object allocation from C++ and references?

Tue Feb 3 14:42:00 GMT 2004

Ben Martin writes:
 > is it correct to assume that if one is to use C++ code and create an
 > object implemented in Java code, for example, java::lang::String, then
 > the C++ code creating the new String* does not call delete?
That's right.
 > I have rolled rpms for jakarta-lucene using gcj from Fedora
 > development and using C++ smart pointers to manage
 > java::lang::string objects seems to work but when I use a C++ smart
 > pointer on one of the Lucene java objects the program crashes on
 > the delete of that object.
You mustn't do that. Let the garbage collector do the job.
Andrew.