[Dev] Grinder, TestMaker, Jython, and JSR 223

[Frank Cohen]

Hi William: Would you please reply with a brief explanation of TM5's  
use of the JSR 223 APIs. Thanks. -Frank




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> From: Philip Aston <paston at bea.com>
> Date: February 21, 2007 7:49:12 AM PST
> To: grinder-use <grinder-use at lists.sourceforge.net>
> Subject: Re: [Grinder-use] Jython 2.2?
> Reply-To: grinder-use <grinder-use at lists.sourceforge.net>
>
> Frank Cohen wrote:
>> Excellent. Thanks!
>>
>> BTW, I'm going to be leading the scripting session at JavaOne again
>> this year. Let me know if you're going to the conference and I'll
>> bring up Grinder's use of Jython as a successful example.
>>
>> Does Grinder use the JSR 223 API for using Jython?
>>
> No, and its unlikely to in the future.
>
> The Grinder is only loosely coupled to Jython, and doesn't need the
> generic API of JSR 223 (although very early on I considered and ruled
> out the BSF). The only signification link is the instrumentation of
> script objects. This is done in an AOP "around"ish sort of way through
> some fiddling with Jython internals. The downside of this is that  
> I'm at
> the mercy of changes to those internals.
>
> If I replace this, I will do so using a true AOP framework at the byte
> code level. This will open up the possibility of scripting in any
> language that runs on the JVM.
>
> - Phil
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