javax.script

Interface Compilable


  • public interface Compilable
    The optional interface implemented by ScriptEngines whose methods compile scripts to a form that can be executed repeatedly without recompilation.
    Since:
    1.6

    • Method Summary

      Modifier and Type Method and Description
      CompiledScript compile(Reader script)
      Compiles the script (source read from Reader) for later execution.
      CompiledScript compile(String script)
      Compiles the script (source represented as a String) for later execution.

    • Method Detail

      • compile

        CompiledScript compile(String script)
                throws ScriptException
        Compiles the script (source represented as a String) for later execution.
        Parameters:
        script - The source of the script, represented as a String.
        Returns:
        An subclass of CompiledScript to be executed later using one of the eval methods of CompiledScript.
        Throws:
        ScriptException - if compilation fails.
        NullPointerException - if the argument is null.

      • compile

        CompiledScript compile(Reader script)
                throws ScriptException
        Compiles the script (source read from Reader) for later execution. Functionality is identical to compile(String) other than the way in which the source is passed.
        Parameters:
        script - The reader from which the script source is obtained.
        Returns:
        An implementation of CompiledScript to be executed later using one of its eval methods of CompiledScript.
        Throws:
        ScriptException - if compilation fails.
        NullPointerException - if argument is null.