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Background

Kotlin/JVM represents String values as UTF-16 jstring objects across JNI.

The existing bridge uses GetStringUTFChars and NewStringUTF for string conversion. However, these JNI APIs use Modified UTF-8, while the QuickJS C API expects standard UTF-8.

The two encodings behave similarly for ASCII and most BMP characters, but encode supplementary characters such as emoji differently:

  • Standard UTF-8 encodes an emoji as a single four-byte sequence.
  • Modified UTF-8 encodes its UTF-16 surrogate pair as two three-byte sequences.

Passing Modified UTF-8 through the QuickJS C API can therefore corrupt emoji and other supplementary Unicode characters.

Changes

Kotlin/JVM String
   UTF-16 jstring
         ⇅
 Shared JNI converter
         ⇅
UTF-8/WTF-8 bytes + explicit length
         ⇅
    QuickJS C API
         ⇅
JavaScript String
   UTF-16 code-unit semantics
  • Valid Unicode content uses standard UTF-8, while unpaired UTF-16 surrogates are preserved internally with WTF-8.
  • Evaluation, bindings, value mapping, exceptions, and module loading now use the shared converter.
  • The CMake configuration now ensures that new JNI source files are included for every Android ABI.

Compatibility

  • No changes to the public Kotlin API, ABI, or existing call sites.
  • No changes to the QuickJS string implementation.
  • Existing behavior for ASCII, Chinese text, and other supported BMP characters remains unchanged.
  • Emoji and other supplementary characters now use standard UTF-8 at the QuickJS C API boundary.
  • WTF-8 is used only inside the JNI bridge and is never exposed as an external encoding.

Tests

Added coverage for:

  • Chinese text, combining characters, emoji, and supplementary-plane identifiers.
  • JavaScript source, evaluation results, and bytecode.
  • Binding names, arguments, return values, and object keys.
  • Kotlin and JavaScript exception messages.
  • ES module names, source, and compilation callbacks.
  • Unpaired high and low UTF-16 surrogates and other string boundary cases.

Verification

  • Relevant automated tests and builds pass.
  • Manually verified on macOS and Android that Unicode and emoji content is passed through and displayed correctly.

Summary by CodeRabbit

  • Bug Fixes

    • Improved Unicode handling across JavaScript evaluation, bindings, objects, modules, errors, and bytecode.
    • Preserved embedded NUL characters and unpaired surrogates during JavaScript–Java string conversion.
    • Improved malformed-text and conversion-failure handling with clearer error behavior.
    • Module evaluation now respects full source length and rejects embedded NULs in module names.
    • Native builds now detect added or removed source files automatically.
  • Tests

    • Added coverage for Unicode, emoji, supplementary characters, embedded NULs, and unpaired surrogates across bridge functionality.

- Add shared UTF-16 to UTF-8/WTF-8 conversion helpers with explicit lengths, embedded NUL support, and unpaired surrogate preservation.
- Route evaluation, bindings, value mapping, exceptions, and module loading through the shared conversion layer instead of JNI Modified UTF-8 APIs.
- Make CMake reconfigure when new JNI bridge sources are added so every Android ABI includes the conversion implementation.
- Add cross-platform Unicode coverage plus JVM-specific tests for embedded NUL and unpaired surrogate round trips.
- Verify the full JVM suite, macOS ARM64 Native tests, Android release builds for all four ABIs, and Maven Local integration publishing.
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The JNI bridge adds shared UTF-8/WTF-8 conversion utilities with explicit lengths. Evaluation, modules, bindings, exceptions, and value mappings now use these utilities. Tests cover Unicode text, embedded NULs, and unpaired surrogates.

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JNI Unicode bridge

Layer / File(s) Summary
Shared JNI string utilities
quickjs/native/jni/jni_string_util.*
Adds length-aware UTF-8/WTF-8 conversion, surrogate handling, malformed-input replacement, allocation checks, and release helpers.
Evaluation, modules, and exceptions
quickjs/native/jni/quickjs_jni.c, quickjs/native/jni/module_loader.c, quickjs/native/jni/exception_util.*, quickjs/native/jni/js_value_util.*, quickjs/native/CMakeLists.txt
Uses tracked string lengths for evaluation, module loading, and exception messages. CMake refreshes the JNI source glob when files change.
Binding names and registration
quickjs/native/jni/binding_bridge.c
Passes explicit name lengths through property and function calls. Registration uses length-aware QuickJS strings and atoms with conversion failure cleanup.
JavaScript and Java value mappings
quickjs/native/jni/mapping/*
Uses shared conversion helpers for strings, errors, map keys, class names, and JavaScript value conversion.
Unicode bridge validation
quickjs/src/commonTest/kotlin/com/dokar/quickjs/test/UnicodeStringTest.kt, quickjs/src/jniTest/kotlin/com/dokar/quickjs/test/JniUnicodeStringTest.kt
Tests Unicode bridge paths, embedded NUL characters, and unpaired UTF-16 surrogates.

Estimated code review effort: 4 (Complex) | ~45 minutes

Merge Risk: 🟡 Moderate · up to 9a659

The PR improves Unicode handling across JNI paths, but some exception and object-conversion failure cases can still truncate JavaScript messages or invoke JNI operations with a pending exception. These bounded correctness issues should be fixed or explicitly accepted before merge.

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  participant KotlinAPI as Kotlin API
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  participant jni_string_util
  participant JS_Eval
  KotlinAPI->>quickjs_jni: eval or evaluate Java strings
  quickjs_jni->>jni_string_util: jni_string_to_utf8
  jni_string_util-->>quickjs_jni: JniUtf8String data and length
  quickjs_jni->>JS_Eval: evaluate code.data with code.length
  JS_Eval-->>quickjs_jni: evaluation result
  quickjs_jni->>jni_string_util: jni_utf8_string_release
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62-62: 🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Preserve JavaScript error-message lengths.

js_error_to_java_error converts the message with JS_ToCString, then uses strlen. Both the typed-error path and the fallback new_js_error_exception path truncate messages at embedded NUL bytes. Use JS_ToCStringLen and preserve the length through both Java string construction paths.

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In `@quickjs/native/jni/mapping/js_value_to_jobject.c` at line 62, Update
js_error_to_java_error to convert messages with JS_ToCStringLen and retain the
returned length instead of using strlen, then pass that explicit length through
both the typed-error Java string construction and the fallback
new_js_error_exception path so embedded NUL bytes and the complete JavaScript
error message are preserved.
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In `@quickjs/native/jni/exception_util.c`:
- Around line 78-90: In the exception-construction flow, handle a NULL result
from jni_string_from_utf8 by throwing a fallback Java exception when no JNI
exception is already pending. Preserve the existing message-based QuickJs
exception path for non-NULL messages, using the surrounding exception utility
function as the change location.

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Outside diff comments:
In `@quickjs/native/jni/mapping/js_value_to_jobject.c`:
- Line 62: Update js_error_to_java_error to convert messages with
JS_ToCStringLen and retain the returned length instead of using strlen, then
pass that explicit length through both the typed-error Java string construction
and the fallback new_js_error_exception path so embedded NUL bytes and the
complete JavaScript error message are preserved.
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Comment thread quickjs/native/jni/exception_util.c Outdated
- Preserve explicit UTF-8/WTF-8 byte lengths while mapping returned and thrown JavaScript errors, including embedded NUL bytes.
- Share length-aware error message composition across JNI exception paths and avoid C-string truncation.
- Validate formatted exception buffers before writing and guarantee a fallback Java exception when conversion fails silently.
- Add JVM regression coverage for returned and thrown Error values containing embedded NUL characters.
- Verify the full JVM test suite and Android Debug/Release builds for all four ABIs.
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Addressed the remaining CodeRabbit outside-diff finding in de43fe6: JavaScript error names and messages now use JS_ToCStringLen, and explicit byte lengths are preserved through both typed-error and fallback QuickJsException construction. The same length-aware composition is also used for thrown JavaScript errors. Added regression coverage for returned and thrown Error values containing embedded NUL characters; the full JVM suite and Android Debug/Release builds pass.

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In `@quickjs/native/jni/js_value_util.c`:
- Line 76: Update js_error_stack to preserve and return the stack byte length
instead of relying on strlen, pass that length into js_error_message_join, and
construct the Java stack with jni_string_from_utf8 so embedded NUL bytes and
trailing data remain intact.

In `@quickjs/native/jni/mapping/js_value_to_jobject.c`:
- Around line 92-94: Update js_error_to_java_error to check whether
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- Stop Java error construction immediately when JNI string conversion fails.
- Preserve the pending OutOfMemoryError instead of clearing it or attempting another allocation-heavy fallback.
- Guard Java Throw calls against NULL throwable values and release successful local references.
- Verify the full JVM suite and Android Debug/Release builds for all four ABIs.

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323-323: 🩺 Stability & Availability | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

Abort object conversion when to_java_string fails.

If to_java_string returns NULL after jni_string_from_utf8 leaves a JNI exception pending, skip Map.put and exit through cleanup. CallObjectMethod is not valid while an exception is pending. Apply this to the circular-value and [Function] branches.

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In `@quickjs/native/jni/mapping/js_value_to_jobject.c` at line 323, Update the
circular-value and [Function] branches in the object-conversion flow to check
whether to_java_string returns NULL before calling Map.put or any other JNI
method. When conversion fails with a pending exception, skip insertion and exit
through the existing cleanup path; preserve normal insertion when the returned
Java string is non-null.
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- Detect pending JNI exceptions before inserting converted object values into Java maps.
- Release the current key, remaining QuickJS atoms, native property storage, and the partial Java map before returning.
- Preserve the original pending OutOfMemoryError and avoid further JNI calls after conversion failure.
- Verify the full JVM suite and Android Debug/Release builds for all four ABIs.
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Addressed the latest CodeRabbit outside-diff finding in 6e2da01. Object-to-map conversion now checks for a pending JNI exception before Map.put; on conversion failure it releases the current key, remaining property atoms, native property storage, and the partial Java map, then returns without making further JNI calls. The pending OutOfMemoryError is preserved. The full JVM suite and Android Debug/Release builds for all four ABIs pass.

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Thanks for the PR!

LGTM.

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dokar3 merged commit 8526433 into dokar3:main Sep 2, 2026
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