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

While JRuby, BeanShell, Julian Fleischer's REPL are there Albert Latacz's REPL seems to be the latest and active.

Tried it with a simple class definition, works fine.

$ java -jar javarepl.jar
Welcome to JavaREPL version 56 (Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM, Java 1.7.0_17)
Type in expression to evaluate.
Type :help for more options.

java> public class Test {
    | public static void execute(String [] s) {
    |  System.out.println(54353 + s[0]);
    | }}

java> Test.execute(new String [] {"234343"});
54353234343

java> System.exit(0);