org.scijava.script
Interface ScriptLanguage

All Superinterfaces:

Comparable<Prioritized>, Contextual, HasPluginInfo, Prioritized, RichPlugin, SciJavaPlugin, ScriptEngineFactory, SingletonPlugin

All Known Implementing Classes:

AbstractScriptLanguage, AdaptedScriptLanguage

public interface ScriptLanguage
extends ScriptEngineFactory, RichPlugin, SingletonPlugin

The base interface for scripting language adapters.

Every SciJava scripting language implements this interface, which is based on JSR 223, Scripting for the Java Platform, included in Java 6 and later in the javax.script package. This ScriptLanguage interface extends ScriptEngineFactory, meaning it can act as a JSR 223 Java scripting language, while also providing additional functionality necessary for full support within applications such as ImageJ. In particular, this interface adds API for code generation of scripts to replicate SciJava Module executions (i.e., for "script recording" of SciJava commands).

Script languages discoverable at runtime must implement this interface and be annotated with @Plugin with attribute Plugin.type() = ScriptLanguage.class. While it possible to create a scripting language adapter merely by implementing this interface, it is encouraged to instead extend AbstractScriptLanguage, for convenience.

Author:

Johannes Schindelin

Method Summary

Object	decode(Object object) Performs any necessary conversion of an encoded object retrieved from the language's script engine.
boolean	isCompiledLanguage() True iff this language requires a compilation step.

Methods inherited from interface javax.script.ScriptEngineFactory

getEngineName, getEngineVersion, getExtensions, getLanguageName, getLanguageVersion, getMethodCallSyntax, getMimeTypes, getNames, getOutputStatement, getParameter, getProgram, getScriptEngine

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Contextual

context, getContext, setContext

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.Prioritized

getPriority, setPriority

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Methods inherited from interface org.scijava.plugin.HasPluginInfo

getInfo, setInfo

Method Detail

isCompiledLanguage

boolean isCompiledLanguage()

True iff this language requires a compilation step.

decode

Object decode(Object object)

Performs any necessary conversion of an encoded object retrieved from the language's script engine.

See Also:

ScriptEngine.get(String)