Running Nashorn

[Jim Laskey (Oracle)]

Filed as JDK-8022555 [macosx] AppleScriptEngine.jar MUST call java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit() lazily

On 2013-08-07, at 2:21 PM, "Jim Laskey (Oracle)" <james.laskey at oracle.com> wrote:

> I'm filing a bug against AppleScriptEngine.jar.  Other than removing it, there is no long term fix.  BTW, if you do need AppleScript you can do it from Nashorn; https://blogs.oracle.com/nashorn/entry/playing_itunes_from_nashorn .
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> Cheers,
> 
> -- Jim
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> On 2013-08-07, at 12:26 PM, Kasper Nielsen <kasperni at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> My code is pretty simple:
>> 
>> import javax.script.ScriptEngineManager;
>> 
>> public class EngineTest {
>>    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
>>        new ScriptEngineManager();
>>        Thread.sleep(100000);
>>    }
>> }
>>> Javac EngineTest.java
>>> Java EngineTest
>> -> A window pops up.
>> 
>> AppleScriptEngine.jar installed in /System/Library/Java/Extensions seems to be the culprit.
>> If I remove it I do no window pops up. (/System/Library/Java/Extensions is on the default extension path)
>> 
>> I'm pretty sure AppleScriptEngine.jar comes whenever you install Apples Java distribution.
>> It is dated "3 Sep  2011 AppleScriptEngine.jar"
>> 
>> - Kasper
>> 
>> 
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>> On Wed, Aug 7, 2013 at 4:28 PM, Jim Laskey (Oracle) <james.laskey at oracle.com> wrote:
>> All Macs have that (I use a Mac).  I don't run into that problem though.  So you are walking through the engines list?
>> 
>> 
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