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Native methods are defined in Java and written in traditional languages such as C and C++ \[[JNI 2006|AA. Bibliography#JNI 06]\]. The added extensibility comes at the cost of flexibility and portability as the code no longer conforms to the policies enforced by Java. In the past, native methods were used for performing platform specific operations, interfacing with legacy library code and improving program performance \[[Bloch 2008|AA. Bibliography#Bloch 08]\]. Although this is no longer completely true --- because of poor portability, safety and (quite ironically) performance issues --- native code is still used to interface with legacy code. |
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