Threadsafety of Nashorn ScriptEngines

[Jim Laskey (Oracle)]

It is not currently thread safe, but we have several requirements to make it so.  Would you describe how you are using threading in Rhino now and would you supply a test case?

Cheers,

-- Jim




On 2013-04-18, at 6:58 AM, Benjamin Sieffert <benjamin.sieffert at metrigo.de> wrote:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> we are experimentally implementing Nashorn in a little project that is
> currently using Rhino for javascript purposes right now. While it is
> generally working well, it does not appear to be threadsafe in regards to
> scripts generated by / running on the same ScriptEngine object. Now while
> NashornScriptEngineFactory does not claim otherwise
> (getParameter("THREADING") is null), we did not find any definitive
> information on what the ultimate goal of Nashorn is in this regard.
> Could you enlighten us?
> 
> Best regards
> 
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