What's "Method Signature" parameter when calling a Java method using JNI?

Question

I want to call an Android Java method using JNI in Qt. There is a weird "Method Signature" parameter that I cannot understand. What's this and how should I set it?

In examples it's something like (II)I or (I)I. What does it mean?

For example:

jint max = QAndroidJniObject::callStaticMethod<jint>("java/lang/Math", "max", "(II)I", a, b);

Answer 1

It is all explained in the docs. http://docs.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/jni/spec/types.html

Type Signature   Java Type
Z                boolean
B                byte
C                char
S                short
I                int
J                long
F                float
D                double
L fully-qualified-class ;   fully-qualified-class
[ type           type[]
( arg-types ) ret-type method type

Your (II)I is a method taking two integers as arguments and returning an int. E.g. int m(int i, int j).

A method void print(String message) would be (Ljava/lang/String;)