JShell doesn't provide a ToolProvider

[Patrick Reinhart]

Hi Remi,

At the moment there is only the both outputs and the arguments. So there 
seems to be no way to actually interact with a ToolProvider using the 
"run" method. Since there is no way to interact, the benefit is not 
given this way or am I wrong here?

-Patrick


On 2016-11-16 10:23, Remi Forax wrote:
> Hi all, hi Robert,
> currently, unlike javac or javadoc, there is no way to directly invoke
> jshell (JShellTool) because it lies in an internal package (which is a
> good idea).
> 
> I think the module jdk.jshell should provide a
> java.util.spi.ToolProvider so i can embed jshell, like i can embed any
> dynmic langage runtimes, in my program instead of having to invoke it
> using the command line (without being able to control the exact
> version of jshell or even if jshell is present in case of a custom jdk
> image).
> 
> regards,
> Rémi