require 'java' class SimpleRubyClass java_signature "void simple_method()" def simple_method puts "here!" end end =begin ~/projects/jruby/jrubyc_stuff â jrubyc --java simple_class.rb Compiling simple_class.rb to class simple_class Generating Java class SimpleRubyClass to SimpleRubyClass.java javac -cp /Users/headius/projects/jruby/lib/jruby.jar:. SimpleRubyClass.java ~/projects/jruby/jrubyc_stuff â javap SimpleRubyClass Compiled from "SimpleRubyClass.java" public class SimpleRubyClass extends org.jruby.RubyObject{ public SimpleRubyClass(); public void simple_method(); static {}; } =end