I've tried to run an old java program with some libraries in C. While running make command,I kept encounter this error which I believe is related to JAVA_HOME setting
swig/main_6_comp_wrap.c:154:10: 
fatal error: jni.h: No such file or directory
#include <jni.h>
          ^~~~~~~
After several attempts of installation with JDK, swig, and gcc with Homebrew, it didn't work out. I am pretty sure jni.h file is located in include folder of JAVA_HOME.
JAVA_HOME   = /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_261.jdk/Contents/Home/
JDK_HOME    = $(JAVA_HOME)
JRE_HOME    = $(JAVA_HOME)
SWIG        = swig
CC          = gcc
CFLAGS          = -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -Wall -fno-common \
          -I/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Headers/
BUILDLIB    = gcc -shared
LIB6        = java/classes/libC6_comp_backend.jnilib
LIB21       = java/classes/libC21_comp_backend.jnilib
System: MacOS Catalina 10.15.7 swig: 3.0.12 gcc: 10.2.0