RE: [Jython-users] PyServlet (Was: Running Jython within WebLogic)

[Carlos G. A. <ga...@to...>]

Ok guys, where can I find documentation about that?
I mean servlets in Jython.

Chau,

Gaston


----- Original Message ----- 
From: Andrew Boyko <ab...@fa...>
To: <jyt...@li...>
Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2001 1:16 PM
Subject: RE: [Jython-users] PyServlet (Was: Running Jython within WebLogic)


> > Does anyone have experience running Jython in a WebLogic 
> > environment?  I think the most likely scenario for us would 
> > be to invoke Jython scripts from within servlets, and then 
> > invoke further Java APIs from within those Jython scripts.
> 
> A little bit of experimentation with org.python.util.PyServlet 
> has me pretty excited - it seems very easy to configure so 
> you can load your own python scripts (implementing HttpServlet) 
> directly from your webapp's HTML root directory.  The scripts
> can then load java classes from your webapp.  I haven't tried
> it in WebLogic, but the configuration is very simple and should
> work in any Servlet 2.2-compliant container.  In this model,
> the Jython script *is* the servlet, but it's pretty close to
> what you described...
> 
> It seems like python servlets can even import other non-servlet
> python classes from the HTML root, but it's a little awkward,
> since they need to be imported by full package name, and
> the directory with the scripts in it must have an __init__.py
> in it for the import to work.  Not worth complaining about,
> but it was a little tough to figure out... is there an easier
> way?  Ideally, you'd be able to stick a few python files,
> including the servlet script, in some random directory
> under the web app; you'd invoke the jython servlet by its full 
> name, but have the servlet be able to directly import other 
> scripts  in the same directory without needing to reference 
> the name of the directory they're in.
>                            
> Seems like jython scripts could easily coexist with JSPs,
> placing objects in the request context and then forwarding
> to a JSP to do the presentation.  I imagine it could
> integrate very nicely with Jakarta Struts, too - Python
> seems like a good language to implement Action classes in.
> 
> Andy Boyko   ab...@fa...
> 
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