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 Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type Method 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 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.