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| 25 | + | |
| 26 | +package javax.script; | |
| 27 | + | |
| 28 | +import java.util.List; | |
| 29 | + | |
| 30 | +/** | |
| 31 | + * <code>ScriptEngineFactory</code> is used to describe and instantiate | |
| 32 | + * <code>ScriptEngines</code>. | |
| 33 | + * <br><br> | |
| 34 | + * Each class implementing <code>ScriptEngine</code> has a corresponding factory | |
| 35 | + * that exposes metadata describing the engine class. | |
| 36 | + * <br><br>The <code>ScriptEngineManager</code> | |
| 37 | + * uses the service provider mechanism described in the <i>Jar File Specification</i> to obtain | |
| 38 | + * instances of all <code>ScriptEngineFactories</code> available in | |
| 39 | + * the current ClassLoader. | |
| 40 | + * | |
| 41 | + * @since 1.6 | |
| 42 | + */ | |
| 43 | +public interface ScriptEngineFactory { | |
| 44 | + /** | |
| 45 | + * Returns the full name of the <code>ScriptEngine</code>. For | |
| 46 | + * instance an implementation based on the Mozilla Rhino Javascript engine | |
| 47 | + * might return <i>Rhino Mozilla Javascript Engine</i>. | |
| 48 | + * @return The name of the engine implementation. | |
| 49 | + */ | |
| 50 | + public String getEngineName(); | |
| 51 | + | |
| 52 | + /** | |
| 53 | + * Returns the version of the <code>ScriptEngine</code>. | |
| 54 | + * @return The <code>ScriptEngine</code> implementation version. | |
| 55 | + */ | |
| 56 | + public String getEngineVersion(); | |
| 57 | + | |
| 58 | + | |
| 59 | + /** | |
| 60 | + * Returns an immutable list of filename extensions, which generally identify scripts | |
| 61 | + * written in the language supported by this <code>ScriptEngine</code>. | |
| 62 | + * The array is used by the <code>ScriptEngineManager</code> to implement its | |
| 63 | + * <code>getEngineByExtension</code> method. | |
| 64 | + * @return The list of extensions. | |
| 65 | + */ | |
| 66 | + public List<String> getExtensions(); | |
| 67 | + | |
| 68 | + | |
| 69 | + /** | |
| 70 | + * Returns an immutable list of mimetypes, associated with scripts that | |
| 71 | + * can be executed by the engine. The list is used by the | |
| 72 | + * <code>ScriptEngineManager</code> class to implement its | |
| 73 | + * <code>getEngineByMimetype</code> method. | |
| 74 | + * @return The list of mime types. | |
| 75 | + */ | |
| 76 | + public List<String> getMimeTypes(); | |
| 77 | + | |
| 78 | + /** | |
| 79 | + * Returns an immutable list of short names for the <code>ScriptEngine</code>, which may be used to | |
| 80 | + * identify the <code>ScriptEngine</code> by the <code>ScriptEngineManager</code>. | |
| 81 | + * For instance, an implementation based on the Mozilla Rhino Javascript engine might | |
| 82 | + * return list containing {"javascript", "rhino"}. | |
| 83 | + */ | |
| 84 | + public List<String> getNames(); | |
| 85 | + | |
| 86 | + /** | |
| 87 | + * Returns the name of the scripting langauge supported by this | |
| 88 | + * <code>ScriptEngine</code>. | |
| 89 | + * @return The name of the supported language. | |
| 90 | + */ | |
| 91 | + public String getLanguageName(); | |
| 92 | + | |
| 93 | + /** | |
| 94 | + * Returns the version of the scripting language supported by this | |
| 95 | + * <code>ScriptEngine</code>. | |
| 96 | + * @return The version of the supported language. | |
| 97 | + */ | |
| 98 | + public String getLanguageVersion(); | |
| 99 | + | |
| 100 | + /** | |
| 101 | + * Returns the value of an attribute whose meaning may be implementation-specific. | |
| 102 | + * Keys for which the value is defined in all implementations are: | |
| 103 | + * <ul> | |
| 104 | + * <li>ScriptEngine.ENGINE</li> | |
| 105 | + * <li>ScriptEngine.ENGINE_VERSION</li> | |
| 106 | + * <li>ScriptEngine.NAME</li> | |
| 107 | + * <li>ScriptEngine.LANGUAGE</li> | |
| 108 | + * <li>ScriptEngine.LANGUAGE_VERSION</li> | |
| 109 | + * </ul> | |
| 110 | + * <p> | |
| 111 | + * The values for these keys are the Strings returned by <code>getEngineName</code>, | |
| 112 | + * <code>getEngineVersion</code>, <code>getName</code>, <code>getLanguageName</code> and | |
| 113 | + * <code>getLanguageVersion</code> respectively.<br><br> | |
| 114 | + * A reserved key, <code><b>THREADING</b></code>, whose value describes the behavior of the engine | |
| 115 | + * with respect to concurrent execution of scripts and maintenance of state is also defined. | |
| 116 | + * These values for the <code><b>THREADING</b></code> key are:<br><br> | |
| 117 | + * <ul> | |
| 118 | + * <li><code>null</code> - The engine implementation is not thread safe, and cannot | |
| 119 | + * be used to execute scripts concurrently on multiple threads. | |
| 120 | + * <li><code>"MULTITHREADED"</code> - The engine implementation is internally | |
| 121 | + * thread-safe and scripts may execute concurrently although effects of script execution | |
| 122 | + * on one thread may be visible to scripts on other threads. | |
| 123 | + * <li><code>"THREAD-ISOLATED"</code> - The implementation satisfies the requirements | |
| 124 | + * of "MULTITHREADED", and also, the engine maintains independent values | |
| 125 | + * for symbols in scripts executing on different threads. | |
| 126 | + * <li><code>"STATELESS"</code> - The implementation satisfies the requirements of | |
| 127 | + * <li><code>"THREAD-ISOLATED"</code>. In addition, script executions do not alter the | |
| 128 | + * mappings in the <code>Bindings</code> which is the engine scope of the | |
| 129 | + * <code>ScriptEngine</code>. In particular, the keys in the <code>Bindings</code> | |
| 130 | + * and their associated values are the same before and after the execution of the script. | |
| 131 | + * </ul> | |
| 132 | + * <br><br> | |
| 133 | + * Implementations may define implementation-specific keys. | |
| 134 | + * | |
| 135 | + * @param key The name of the parameter | |
| 136 | + * @return The value for the given parameter. Returns <code>null</code> if no | |
| 137 | + * value is assigned to the key. | |
| 138 | + * | |
| 139 | + */ | |
| 140 | + public Object getParameter(String key); | |
| 141 | + | |
| 142 | + /** | |
| 143 | + * Returns a String which can be used to invoke a method of a Java object using the syntax | |
| 144 | + * of the supported scripting language. For instance, an implementaton for a Javascript | |
| 145 | + * engine might be; | |
| 146 | + * <p> | |
| 147 | + * <pre> | |
| 148 | + * <code> | |
| 149 | + * public String getMethodCallSyntax(String obj, | |
| 150 | + * String m, String... args) { | |
| 151 | + * String ret = obj; | |
| 152 | + * ret += "." + m + "("; | |
| 153 | + * for (int i = 0; i < args.length; i++) { | |
| 154 | + * ret += args[i]; | |
| 155 | + * if (i < args.length - 1) { | |
| 156 | + * ret += ","; | |
| 157 | + * } | |
| 158 | + * } | |
| 159 | + * ret += ")"; | |
| 160 | + * return ret; | |
| 161 | + * } | |
| 162 | + *</code> | |
| 163 | + *</pre> | |
| 164 | + * <p> | |
| 165 | + * | |
| 166 | + * @param obj The name representing the object whose method is to be invoked. The | |
| 167 | + * name is the one used to create bindings using the <code>put</code> method of | |
| 168 | + * <code>ScriptEngine</code>, the <code>put</code> method of an <code>ENGINE_SCOPE</code> | |
| 169 | + * <code>Bindings</code>,or the <code>setAttribute</code> method | |
| 170 | + * of <code>ScriptContext</code>. The identifier used in scripts may be a decorated form of the | |
| 171 | + * specified one. | |
| 172 | + * | |
| 173 | + * @param m The name of the method to invoke. | |
| 174 | + * @param args names of the arguments in the method call. | |
| 175 | + * | |
| 176 | + * @return The String used to invoke the method in the syntax of the scripting language. | |
| 177 | + */ | |
| 178 | + public String getMethodCallSyntax(String obj, String m, String... args); | |
| 179 | + | |
| 180 | + /** | |
| 181 | + * Returns a String that can be used as a statement to display the specified String using | |
| 182 | + * the syntax of the supported scripting language. For instance, the implementaton for a Perl | |
| 183 | + * engine might be; | |
| 184 | + * <p> | |
| 185 | + * <pre><code> | |
| 186 | + * public String getOutputStatement(String toDisplay) { | |
| 187 | + * return "print(" + toDisplay + ")"; | |
| 188 | + * } | |
| 189 | + * </code></pre> | |
| 190 | + * | |
| 191 | + * @param toDisplay The String to be displayed by the returned statement. | |
| 192 | + * @return The string used to display the String in the syntax of the scripting language. | |
| 193 | + * | |
| 194 | + * | |
| 195 | + */ | |
| 196 | + public String getOutputStatement(String toDisplay); | |
| 197 | + | |
| 198 | + | |
| 199 | + /** | |
| 200 | + * Returns A valid scripting language executable progam with given statements. | |
| 201 | + * For instance an implementation for a PHP engine might be: | |
| 202 | + * <p> | |
| 203 | + * <pre><code> | |
| 204 | + * public String getProgram(String... statements) { | |
| 205 | + * $retval = "<?\n"; | |
| 206 | + * int len = statements.length; | |
| 207 | + * for (int i = 0; i < len; i++) { | |
| 208 | + * $retval += statements[i] + ";\n"; | |
| 209 | + * } | |
| 210 | + * $retval += "?>"; | |
| 211 | + * | |
| 212 | + * } | |
| 213 | + * </code></pre> | |
| 214 | + * | |
| 215 | + * @param statements The statements to be executed. May be return values of | |
| 216 | + * calls to the <code>getMethodCallSyntax</code> and <code>getOutputStatement</code> methods. | |
| 217 | + * @return The Program | |
| 218 | + */ | |
| 219 | + | |
| 220 | + public String getProgram(String... statements); | |
| 221 | + | |
| 222 | + /** | |
| 223 | + * Returns an instance of the <code>ScriptEngine</code> associated with this | |
| 224 | + * <code>ScriptEngineFactory</code>. A new ScriptEngine is generally | |
| 225 | + * returned, but implementations may pool, share or reuse engines. | |
| 226 | + * | |
| 227 | + * @return A new <code>ScriptEngine</code> instance. | |
| 228 | + */ | |
| 229 | + public ScriptEngine getScriptEngine(); | |
| 230 | +} | |