Is there something like python's interactive REPL mode, but for Java?

Question

Is there something like python\'s interactive REPL mode, but for Java? So that I can, for example, type InetAddress.getAllByName( localHostName ) in a window, a

Answer 1

Jython is a python implementation which lets you inspect and interact with Java objects.

>>> from java.net import *
>>> InetAddress.getAllByName("google.com")
array(java.net.InetAddress,[google.com/209.85.171.100, 
                            google.com/74.125.45.100,
                            google.com/74.125.67.100])