Java Language Using Other Scripting Languages in Java Evaluating A javascript file in -scripting mode of nashorn
Example
public class JSEngine {
/*
* Note Nashorn is only available for Java-8 onwards
* You can use rhino from ScriptEngineManager.getEngineByName("js");
*/
ScriptEngine engine;
ScriptContext context;
public Bindings scope;
// Initialize the Engine from its factory in scripting mode
public JSEngine(){
engine = new NashornScriptEngineFactory().getScriptEngine("-scripting");
// Script context is an interface so we need an implementation of it
context = new SimpleScriptContext();
// Create bindings to expose variables into
scope = engine.createBindings();
}
// Clear the bindings to remove the previous variables
public void newBatch(){
scope.clear();
}
public void execute(String file){
try {
// Get a buffered reader for input
BufferedReader br = new BufferedReader(new FileReader(file));
// Evaluate code, with input as bufferdReader
engine.eval(br);
} catch (FileNotFoundException ex) {
Logger.getLogger(JSEngine.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
} catch (ScriptException ex) {
// Script Exception is basically when there is an error in script
Logger.getLogger(JSEngine.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
public void eval(String code){
try {
// Engine.eval basically treats any string as a line of code and evaluates it, executes it
engine.eval(code);
} catch (ScriptException ex) {
// Script Exception is basically when there is an error in script
Logger.getLogger(JSEngine.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}
}
// Apply the bindings to the context and set the engine's default context
public void startBatch(int SCP){
context.setBindings(scope, SCP);
engine.setContext(context);
}
// We use the invocable interface to access methods from the script
// Invocable is an optional interface, please check if your engine implements it
public Invocable invocable(){
return (Invocable)engine;
}
}
Now the main method
public static void main(String[] args) {
JSEngine jse = new JSEngine();
// Create a new batch probably unecessary
jse.newBatch();
// Expose variable x into script with value of hello world
jse.scope.put("x", "hello world");
// Apply the bindings and start the batch
jse.startBatch(ScriptContext.ENGINE_SCOPE);
// Evaluate the code
jse.eval("print(x);");
}
Your output should be similar to this
hello world
As you can see the exposed variable x has been printed. Now testing with a file.
Here we have test.js
print(x);
function test(){
print("hello test.js:test");
}
test();
And the updated main method
public static void main(String[] args) {
JSEngine jse = new JSEngine();
// Create a new batch probably unecessary
jse.newBatch();
// Expose variable x into script with value of hello world
jse.scope.put("x", "hello world");
// Apply the bindings and start the batch
jse.startBatch(ScriptContext.ENGINE_SCOPE);
// Evaluate the code
jse.execute("./test.js");
}
Assuming that test.js is in the same directory as your application You should have output similar to this
hello world
hello test.js:test
