LSL java bindings

The Java interface for the lab streaming layer should run on Window/Linux/MacOS, 32/64 bit. The main class is edu.ucsd.sccn.LSL, which provides all necessary functions and sub-classes.

Getting Started - Traditional Build

Users intending to use the liblsl Java interface for Android should skip ahead to the Android-specific section near the bottom.

Generally, to use the labstreaminglayer java interface in your program, you must:

• import the class edu.ucsd.sccn.LSL
• include the jna-{version}.jar package in your classpath
  • Tested with version 5.6.0
• have the native liblsl library for your platform in a findable path
  • e.g., put liblsl64.dll into your application's root directory, or a system folder.
  • The section of code that looks for the shared library is here. This may simplify in the future and the expected filename might change on Windows to lsl.dll to match standard naming conventions.

See the contents of javadoc/ for API documentation.

Examples

See src/examples/ for quick examples of using edu.ucsd.sccn.LSL.

The instructions for the provided examples assume you have configured your system as follows:

• You have installed the JDK and its executables (javac, java) are on the path.
  • Android Studio users can add its jre/bin folder to the PATH
    • e.g. Windows: set PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jre\bin
• Download the jna jar to the root liblsl-Java folder.
  • Click on your version, then find the download link in Files: jar
  • Tested with version 5.6.0
• Copy the LSL library for your system (e.g., liblsl64.dll) to the root liblsl-Java folder.
  • May be downloaded from the liblsl releases page.

Compile the example (JDK binaries javac and java must be on path):

• ./liblsl-Java$ javac -cp jna-5.6.0.jar src/edu/ucsd/sccn/LSL.java src/examples/SendData.java
  • Swap out SendData.java for another example that you are interested in.

Launch the example:

• Linux: ./liblsl-Java$ java -Djna.nosys=true -cp "jna-5.6.0.jar:src" examples.SendData
• Windows: ./liblsl-Java> java -cp "jna-5.6.0.jar;src" examples.SendData
  • (Note the : changes to a ;)

Descriptions of the provided example programs can be found in the online documentation.

Getting Started - Android

The build.gradle is used to build a binary for Android devices and can be used as part of the liblsl-Android project. The build script assumes that the liblsl repository contents can be found in a sister folder: ../liblsl, and that you have a version of CMake >= 3.12 (path to CMake can be configured in local.properties file).

See the liblsl-Android documentation for Android Studio for more information.

Troubleshooting

If you get an error about some class def not found:

• On some systems you may have to unzip the jna-{version}.jar file to make sure that the libraries contained in it are found by Java.

If you encounter an error like: java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Unable to load library 'liblsl64.dll': Native library (win32-x86-64/liblsl64.dll) not found in resource path:

• make sure that your liblsl library is on a path found by the java runtime, e.g., in the path where you execute the java command. One location where it will always be found is a system library path, e.g., Windows/system32 (not SysWOW64) on Windows. It is not recommended to keep the lsl lib here permanently but temporarily this can help during debugging.