Nashorn: Javascript to Java call question

[Jim Laskey (Oracle)]

The repo you provided has empty JSON-java and JSON-js directories, so I'll give you an alternative example.  The main thing to note is that, because of a JS object's dynamic nature, it can not mirror a Java object.  A better analogy would be to think of a JS object as a Map object, where properties are keys and you access values with keys.

Run the enclosed example as follows;

	javac Example.java
	java Example

The class of myObject is a JSObject.  You can access properties of a JSObject with getMember/setMember (or getSlot/setSlot for integer keys.)

=== Example.java ===

import javax.script.*;
import jdk.nashorn.api.scripting.JSObject;

public class Example {
	public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
		ScriptEngineManager factory = new ScriptEngineManager();
		ScriptEngine engine = factory.getEngineByName("nashorn");
		engine.eval(new java.io.FileReader("Example1.js"));
		JSObject myObject = (JSObject)engine.get("myObject");
		System.out.println(myObject.getMember("a"));
		System.out.println(myObject.getMember("b"));
		System.out.println(myObject.getMember("c"));
       		myObject.setMember("d", "A new string");
		engine.eval(new java.io.FileReader("Example2.js"));

	}
}

=== Example1.js ===

var myObject = {
   a: "A string",
   b: 100,
   c: true
}

=== Example2.js ===

print(myObject.d);

==== Output ===

A string
100
true
A new string


Cheers,

-- Jim





On 2013-06-05, at 3:50 PM, Mani Sarkar <sadhak001 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I have another query regarding the example (see
> https://github.com/neomatrix369/NashornHackDay/blob/master/examples/JSON_in_JS_and_Java/JSJSONInJava.java)
> created sometime back  during the Nashorn hackday. When I bring a JS object
> created in Nashorn into Java I'm not able to access the object directly,
> how do I access it like a normal java object.
> 
> If its a raw / primitive type then the contents are accessible (you can see
> the value) while for JS object, when I say
> 
> *System.out.println(JSObjectFromNashorn);*
> 
> I get the below output
> 
> *[object object]*
> 
> The full implementation of what I'm talking about can be found at the above
> link.
> 
> Regards,
> mani
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