Re: [Jython-dev] Java 1.6 and Jython

[M. R. <mr...@ni...>]

I have only played with it for a couple of days so my understanding of 
the details is somewhat rough. However, here's my view of  the scripting 
support in java 1.6:

What the so called "scripting support" does is it standardizes the 
interface between a java program and the so called scripting engine. 
i.e. the calling program uses the same API to talk to the script 
regardless of what language the script is implemented in.

In other words, its essentially, its a "binding convention" of sorts - a 
set of interfaces that the scripting engine is supposed to implement so 
that the interface between the java program and the script looks the 
same no matter what the scripting language. It is patterned on the rhino 
implementation of javascript (indeed thats the only language that is 
bundled with java 1.6) but one can register other "scripting engines" so 
long as the scripting engine implements the requisite interfaces.

If this would be of interest, I can work on implementing the glue for 
jython (but I'd need some help with jython).

Ranga




Charlie Groves wrote:

> Just out of curiosity, what does the scripting framework do?  I've
> heard it mentioned a couple times but never what it actually does.
>
> Thanks,
> Charlie
>
> On 8/3/06, M. Rangnathan <mr...@ni...> wrote:
>
>> Are there any efforts afoot to try to make Jython fit in the Java
>> Scripting framework that is part of Java 1.6. If somebody has done this
>> already, please let me know. If not, then I am interested in helping
>> implement this. My knowledge of java is quite good but I only have user
>> level knowledge of jython.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Ranga
>>
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