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From: Jim Janney <jjanney@shell.xmission.com>
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Subject: Re: End of String Problem: Sending C++ string to java code
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2013 10:50:16 -0600
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clusardi2k@aol.com writes:

> Question: How should I send a string from C++ to java. 
>
> When I send a string (std::string) from the C++ code to the java code (String), I have to count (on the java side) the number of characters that I expect.
>
> If I don't take a specific number of characters I get more characters than I want on the java side. The extra characters are garbage.
>
> I tried appending the standard end of string ("\0") in C++ code and sending the string to java code, but the problem was not resolved.
>
> Any ideas,
> Thanks,

My C++ is very rusty at the moment, but I'm pretty sure that instances
of std::string can contain nul characters internally.  Use the size or
length methods to get the number of characters.

-- 
Jim Janney