javax script how to call a function in JavaScript from Java

Question

I'm trying to call a function in JavaScript via Java. This works fine when directly reading a script as a string but I'm using CompiledScripts.

When I do this with a compiled script it gives me method not found if I also add bindings. Without bindings it works but of course the function fails because it needs the bindings.

Any ideas?

CompiledScript script = ... get script....

Bindings bindings = script.getEngine().createBindings();

Logger scriptLogger = LogManager.getLogger("TEST_SCRIPT");

bindings.put("log", scriptLogger);

//script.eval(bindings); -- this way fails
script.eval(); // -- this way works
Invocable invocable = (Invocable) script.getEngine();
invocable.invokeFunction(methodName);

TIA

score 10 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 26 '10 at 15:23

Here's the solution if any one else bumps into this.

import java.util.*;
import javax.script.*;

public class TestBindings {
    public static void main(String args[]) throws Exception {
        String script = "function doSomething() {var d = date}";
        ScriptEngine engine =  new ScriptEngineManager().getEngineByName("JavaScript");
        Compilable compilingEngine = (Compilable) engine;
        CompiledScript cscript = compilingEngine.compile(script);

        //Bindings bindings = cscript.getEngine().createBindings();
        Bindings bindings = engine.getBindings(ScriptContext.ENGINE_SCOPE);
        for(Map.Entry me : bindings.entrySet()) {
            System.out.printf("%s: %s\n",me.getKey(),String.valueOf(me.getValue()));
        }
        bindings.put("date", new Date());
        //cscript.eval();
        cscript.eval(bindings);

        Invocable invocable = (Invocable) cscript.getEngine();
        invocable.invokeFunction("doSomething");
    }
}

javax script how to call a function in JavaScript from Java

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