1 files changed, 19 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/src/newt/native/NewtCommon.c b/src/newt/native/NewtCommon.c
index 3713cfd6c..7f070e7d3 100644
--- a/src/newt/native/NewtCommon.c
+++ b/src/newt/native/NewtCommon.c
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 
 #include "NewtCommon.h"
+#include <string.h>
 
 static const char * const ClazzNameRuntimeException = "java/lang/RuntimeException";
 static jclass    runtimeExceptionClz=NULL;
@@ -43,6 +44,24 @@ void NewtCommon_init(JNIEnv *env) {
     }
 }
 
+const char * NewtCommon_GetStaticStringMethod(JNIEnv *jniEnv, jclass clazz, jmethodID jGetStrID, char *dest, int destSize, const char *altText) {
+    if(NULL != jniEnv && NULL != clazz && NULL != jGetStrID) {
+        jstring jstr = (jstring) (*jniEnv)->CallStaticObjectMethod(jniEnv, clazz, jGetStrID);
+        if(NULL != jstr) {
+            const char * str = (*jniEnv)->GetStringUTFChars(jniEnv, jstr, NULL);
+            if( NULL != str) {
+                strncpy(dest, str, destSize-1);
+                dest[destSize-1] = 0; // EOS
+                (*jniEnv)->ReleaseStringUTFChars(jniEnv, jstr, str);
+                return dest;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    strncpy(dest, altText, destSize-1);
+    dest[destSize-1] = 0; // EOS
+    return dest;
+}
+
 jchar* NewtCommon_GetNullTerminatedStringChars(JNIEnv* env, jstring str)
 {
     jchar* strChars = NULL;