[Jython-users] sys.path in embedded Jython

[Frank C. <fc...@pu...>]

I am embedding Jython 2.1 into TestMaker - a utility for developing
intelligent test agents to test Web services for functionality and
scalability. TestMaker is a Java application based on NetBeans. My code
instantiates the PythonInterpreter object and then executes a script. I
found that sys.path is not net - or set to . - and want to append the path
to the jython/lib directory so that users will have access to other modules,
including random. Everything I have tried has failed - sys.path remians
simply .

What is the final word on configuring embedded jython to recoganize the
sys.path to find external modules?

-Frank






Adam Krieg <ak...@ma...>:

I struggled with the same issue this week.  The stuff in the FAQ
documentation didn't work the first time I did it.  Anyway, I played with a
bit to get it to work.  My Lib directory (where the modules are) are in
./Lib in this example.  If this doesn't work, you can always uncommment out
the last 2 lines, which is another way of doing the same thing.

        PythonInterpreter interpreter = new PythonInterpreter();
        String libDir="."+File.separator+"Lib";
          Properties props = new Properties();
        props.setProperty("sys.path", libDir);
              PythonInterpreter.initialize(System.getProperties(), props,
                                 new String[] {""});

//        interpreter.exec("import sys");
//        interpreter.exec("sys.path.append('.\\Lib')");

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