Calling clojure from java

Question

Most of the top google hits for \"calling clojure from java\" are outdated and recommend using clojure.lang.RT to compile the source code. Could you help with a

Answer 1

You can also use AOT compilation to create class files representing your clojure code. Read the documentation about compilation, gen-class and friends in the Clojure API docs for the details about how to do this, but in essence you will create a class that calls clojure functions for each method invocation.

Another alternative is to use the new defprotocol and deftype functionality, which will also require AOT compilation but provide better performance. I don't know the details of how to do this yet, but a question on the mailing list would probably do the trick.