Tuesday, June 24, 2008
Java 6 feature - Scripting in Java
Other day i was reading some of the new features introduced in Java6 and one of the feature is that now java supports scripting. Some of the advantages listed on different sites were, such as providing extensions to your Java application so that users can write their own scripts to extend or customize the core functionalities. Scripting languages are both simpler to understand and easier to write, so they can be ideal to give (technical) end users the possibility to tailor your product to their needs. But, is it really a great thing? I still dont find (probably I am too lazy to search more on this topic and I hate Scripting as much as I know they are hard to avoid) a good good reason to have this feature in Java. Anybody?
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I feel its quite a useful feature. check out these 2 links.
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/scripting/programmer_guide/index.html
http://blogs.averconsulting.com/2006/11/09/java-6--javascript-support.aspx
It will make java much more flexible.
but then ... i wont call this feature out of this world. Just adds to the flexibility.
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