Re: Constructing java.lang.String in constant pool

[Tom Tromey]

>>>>> "Patrick" == Patrick Doyle <address@hidden> writes:

Patrick> What is the best way for a JVM to instantiate a String for a
Patrick> constant pool entry of type "CONSTANT_String"?

Use the JNI `NewString' call.  It takes a nul-terminated UTF-8 encoded
`char *' and returns a jstring.  The termination will probably be a
problem for you :-(

Or maybe you mean you want to implement this call.  In that case your
plan of using String(char[]) sounds as good as any.

Tom