Evaluating javascript using a java code

Question

This might not be practical, but I have it as a task. I have an opened ServerSocket in java. Now I want to read a file which contains html and javascript, and output the jav

Answer 1

I've solved this in the past by creating a javascript function inside eval() and invoking it to get a result:

import javax.script.*;
// create a script engine manager
ScriptEngineManager factory = new ScriptEngineManager();
// create a JavaScript engine
ScriptEngine engine = factory.getEngineByName("JavaScript");
try {
     // evaluate JavaScript code from String
     engine.eval("function sum(a,b){ return a + b;}");
     System.out.println(((Invocable) engine).invokeFunction("sum", new Object[]{10,20}));
} catch (ScriptException ex) {
     Logger.getLogger(doComms.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
}

Note that the function name in invokeFunction (first argument) should match the one declared previously.

Keep in mind that this might be dangerous. Do you have absolute control as to where the javascript code comes from? Otherwise a simple while(true){} could be pretty catastrophic for your server.