It reads in ANSI C header files and emits Java code.

JNAerator does not need any native compiling beyond that of the targeted dynamic library (all of the glue code is in Java), which helps simplify the process of binding Java to C native libraries when compared to Java Native Interface (JNI)-based means.

While JNAerator is mainly a command-line-based tool, it also contains a limited GUI that's ideal for simple quick generation experiments.

It can be launched from the Web using the direct WebStart link from the project's main page, or by double-clicking on JNAerator's JAR executable archive.

NativeLibs4Java gathers a few JNAerator-generated Java wrappers for native libraries: