[MESOS-1126] Change linkage around libjvm to use dlopen.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 0.19.0
• Fix Version/s: 0.19.0
• Assignee: Timothy St. Clair
• Reporter: Timothy St. Clair
• Created: 19/Mar/14 16:12
• Updated: 24/Apr/14 16:03
• Resolved: 24/Apr/14 16:03

Description

The dependency on libjvm is a "hard", requiring an link and rpath. This causes issues when shifting between jvms. The standard practice is to use dlopen against the $JAVA_HOME/relative location.

ref: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=449456

Simple reference example can be found here:
https://github.com/timothysc/tests/tree/master/jni_dlopen

Issue Links

• is part of: MESOS-855 Move JNI code to separate library