Module java.scripting
Package javax.script

Interface Compilable

  • All Known Implementing Classes:
    NashornScriptEngine
    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 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 instance of a 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 instance of a subclass of CompiledScript to be executed later using one of its eval methods of CompiledScript.
        Throws:
        ScriptException - if compilation fails.
        NullPointerException - if argument is null.