javax.script
Interface Compilable

All Known Subinterfaces:

IPhpScriptEngine

All Known Implementing Classes:

InteractivePhpScriptEngine, InvocablePhpScriptEngine, PhpScriptEngine

public interface Compilable

Compilable -- an optional interface contains methods which support the re-execution of intermediate code retained from previous script compilations.

Author:

Nandika Jayawardana , Sanka Samaranayake

Method Summary

CompiledScript	compile(java.io.Reader reader) Retrieves a CompileScript implementation for the script obtained using java.io.Reader as the script source.
CompiledScript	compile(java.lang.String script) Retrieves a CompileScript implementation for the given piece of script which is a abstraction for the intermediate code produced by the compilation.

Method Detail

compile

CompiledScript compile(java.lang.String script)
                       throws ScriptException

Retrieves a CompileScript implementation for the given piece of script which is a abstraction for the intermediate code produced by the compilation.

Parameters:

script - the source of the script represented as String

Returns:

an implementation of CompileScript which can be used to re-execute intermediate code produced by the compilation of script

Throws:

ScriptException - if the compilation fials due to any reason

compile

CompiledScript compile(java.io.Reader reader)
                       throws ScriptException

Retrieves a CompileScript implementation for the script obtained using java.io.Reader as the script source.

Parameters:

reader - the reader form which the script source is obtained

Returns:

an implementation of CompileScript which can be used to re-execute intermediate code produced by the compilation of script

Throws:

ScriptException - if the compilation fials due to any reason