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Scripting in Java: Integrating with Groovy and JavaScript
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Scripting in Java: Integrating with Groovy and JavaScript

by Kishori Sharan
December 2014
Intermediate to advanced
388 pages
8h 1m
English
Apress
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CHAPTER 12

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Java APIs for Nashorn

In this chapter, you will learn:

  • What Java APIs for Nashorn are
  • How to instantiate the Nashorn engine directly
  • How to pass options to the Nashorn engine in Java code and on the command-line
  • How to share globals among script contexts in a Nashorn engine
  • How to add, update, delete, and read properties of script objects in Java code
  • How to create script objects and invoke their methods in Java code
  • How to invoke script functions from Java code
  • How to convert script dates to Java dates

What Are Java APIs for Nashorn?

It is straightforward to use Java classes in Nashorn scripts. Sometimes you may want to use Nashorn ...

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