Pass data between java and C using JNI

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I want to send an empty hashmap from java to C. After that, I need to store data from C to hashmap and again pass it to java. I can now access my java functions from C. But, now I want to pass a hashmap from java and store the data and pass the hashmap back to java. How can I achieve this?

JNIEnv* create_vm(JavaVM** jvm)
{
   
    JNIEnv* env;
    JavaVMInitArgs vm_args;
    JavaVMOption options;

  
    options.optionString = "-Djava.class.path=*";

    vm_args.version = JNI_VERSION_1_8;
    vm_args.nOptions = 1;
    vm_args.options = &options;
    vm_args.ignoreUnrecognized = 0;

    int res = JNI_CreateJavaVM(jvm, (void**)&env, &vm_args); 

    if (res < 0)
    {
        printf("Error code:%d\n", res);
    }
    return env;
}

int main()
{
    JNIEnv* env;
    JavaVM* jvm;
    env = create_vm(&jvm);
    if (env == NULL)
    {
        printf("Failed to get env"); 
        return 1;
    }

  
    jclass cls = (*env)->FindClass(env, "*"); 
    if (cls != NULL)
    {
        printf("Found the class");
        jmethodID jmid = (*env)->GetStaticMethodID(env, cls, "main", "([Ljava/lang/String;)V");
        if (jmid != NULL)
        {
            (*env)->CallStaticVoidMethod(env, cls, jmid, NULL); //Here
            printf("env->CallStaticVoidMethod returned\n"); 

        }
    }
    else
    {
        printf("\nUnable to find the requested class\n");
    }

    return 0;
}

I need to pass the hashmap there(mentioned above) and store data from C and pass it back to java. How can I achieve this?

What I have tried:

I have tried passing the data as array. But, I need to pass it as Java hashmap now.