Re: [Swig-user] Understanding SWIG error message - C++/Java (JNI newb)

[William S F. <ws...@fu...>]

Dave Ludwig wrote:
> I created a simple C++ class using ints, doubles, etc.  and ran it
> through SWIG and was able to successfully run it from a Java class.
> 
> I then modified the C++ class to add a variable of type STL "string".  I
> had to add a "using std::string" directive as well as an "#include
> <string>" directive.  Now SWIG created a seperate java file called
> SWIGTYPE_p_string.java, and running javac yields the error:
> 
> setName(SWIGTYPE_p_string) in Cardgame cannot be applied to
> (java.lang.String)
>    poker.setName("Dave");
> 
> My C++ test program works fine with the new code.
> Is this an issue with using namespaces?  Or did I do something wrong?  I
> read that namespaces are not supported, but then how can I support STL?
> 
> Thanks.
> 


You are missing the std::string typemaps. %include the std_string.i file.

William