clojure.java.api

Class Clojure

java.lang.Object

clojure.java.api.Clojure

public class Clojure
extends Object

The Clojure class provides a minimal interface to bootstrap Clojure access from other JVM languages. It provides:

1. The ability to use Clojure's namespaces to locate an arbitrary var, returning the var's IFn interface.
2. A convenience method read for reading data using Clojure's edn reader

To lookup and call a Clojure function:

 IFn plus = Clojure.var("clojure.core", "+");
 plus.invoke(1, 2);

Functions in clojure.core are automatically loaded. Other namespaces can be loaded via require:

 IFn require = Clojure.var("clojure.core", "require");
 require.invoke(Clojure.read("clojure.set"));

IFns can be passed to higher order functions, e.g. the example below passes inc to map:

 IFn map = Clojure.var("clojure.core", "map");
 IFn inc = Clojure.var("clojure.core", "inc");
 map.invoke(inc, Clojure.read("[1 2 3]"));

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static Object	read(String s) Read one object from the String s.
static IFn	var(Object qualifiedName) Returns the var associated with qualifiedName.
static IFn	var(Object ns, Object name) Returns an IFn associated with the namespace and name.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Detail

var

public static IFn var(Object qualifiedName)

Returns the var associated with qualifiedName.

Parameters:

qualifiedName - a String or clojure.lang.Symbol

Returns:

a clojure.lang.IFn

var

public static IFn var(Object ns,
                      Object name)

Returns an IFn associated with the namespace and name.

Parameters:

ns - a String or clojure.lang.Symbol

name - a String or clojure.lang.Symbol

Returns:

a clojure.lang.IFn

read

public static Object read(String s)

Read one object from the String s. Reads data in the edn format.

Parameters:

s - a String

Returns:

an Object, or nil.