More Java 17: An In-Depth Exploration of the Java Language and Its Features

© Kishori Sharan, Peter Späth 2021

K. Sharan, P. SpäthMore Java 17 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-7135-3_10

10. Scripting in Java

Kishori Sharan¹   and Peter Späth²

(1)

Montgomery, AL, USA

(2)

Leipzig, Sachsen, Germany

 

In this chapter, you will learn:

• What scripting in Java is

• How to execute scripts from Java and how to pass parameters to scripts

• How the ScriptContext is used in executing scripts

• How to use the Java programming language in scripts

• How to implement a script engine

All example programs in this chapter are members of a jdojo.script module, as declared in Listing 10-1, unless specified otherwise.

// module-info.java

module jdojo.script {

    requires java.scripting;

    requires jdk.unsupported;

    // <- needed for GraalVM JavaScript

    exports ...