Yes, this is now permitted in the Java 2 platform. In the JDK 1.1 releases, a ClassLoader loaded class had to be trusted in order to link with native methods. Note that there are no plans at this time to change the 1.1 behavior a JDK 1.1 maintenance release. 13. My compiler can’t find jni_md.h! Please add \include\win32 or /include/solaris to the include path of your compiler. Just /include is not suffcient. 14. How can I get the native window pointer of an AWT Window? At this time there is no documented or reliable way to do this. We are working on providing this in a future release. *As used on this web site, the terms “Java virtual machine” or “JVM” mean a virtual machine for the Java platform. Comments? Email jni@java.sun.com.