[Jython-users] Query

[Adam B. <sir...@ya...>]

Hello,
  I'm new to jython, and I have a rather ornate
question about its capabilities, that I have not been
able to determine the answer to by reading docs. I am
looking to supplement my program with a
very-high-level language to aid development in a
certain region. Ideally, the language would be able to
satisfy the following characteristics

1) Extend java classes (note that these classes will
be leaves in my inheritence tree; java does not need
to be able to extend my jython classes)

2) Run in interpretted mode, reading from a text file
(that is, without compilation)

3) Have the same class compile 'dynamically' down to
java bytecode (note that this can take several
seconds, it must merely be possible)

4) Reload compiled classes if they are redefined

How much of this is possible with Jython as it
currently stands? How much of this is possible within
the Jython framework, in an ideal world (that is, if I
was to look at implementing it myself)? Are there
other languages I should be looking at?

I thank you in advance,

Adam Berger

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