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The '''Java Native Interface''' ('''JNI''') is a [[foreign function interface]] programming [[software framework|framework]] that enables [[Java (programming language)|Java]] code running in a [[Java virtual machine]] (JVM) to call and be called by<ref name="role">{{cite web |url=https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/11/docs/specs/jni/intro.html#java-native-interface-overview |title=Java Native Interface Overview |access-date=2018-12-27 |work= The Java Native Interface Programmer's Guide and Specification}}
</ref> native applications (programs specific to a hardware and [[operating system]] platform) and [[Library (computing)|libraries]] written in other languages such as [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]] and [[assembly language|assembly]].

Java 22 introduces the Foreign Function and Memory API, which can be seen as the successor to Java Native Interface.