What is a native method?

A native method is the Java interface to non-Java code. It is Java's link to the "outside world". A native method is a Java method whose implementation is provided by non-java code. A native method is one for which the body of the method is defined elsewhere, entirely outside the Java Virtual Machine, in a library. Only methods can be declared as native. A native code is written in a non-Java language, typically C or C++, and compiled for a single target machine type. Syntax : native public void Native1( ) ;