A correct way to convert byte[] in java to unsigned char* in C++, and vice versa?

You can use this to convert unsigned char array into a jbyteArray

jbyteArray as_byte_array(unsigned char* buf, int len) {
    jbyteArray array = env->NewByteArray (len);
    env->SetByteArrayRegion (array, 0, len, reinterpret_cast<jbyte*>(buf));
    return array;
}

to convert the other way around…

unsigned char* as_unsigned_char_array(jbyteArray array) {
    int len = env->GetArrayLength (array);
    unsigned char* buf = new unsigned char[len];
    env->GetByteArrayRegion (array, 0, len, reinterpret_cast<jbyte*>(buf));
    return buf;
}