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Modify Java object in script

With this example we are going to demonstrate how to modify a Java object in script. In short, to modify a Java object using script we have followed the steps below:

  • Create a new ScriptEngineManager. The ScriptEngineManager implements a discovery and instantiation mechanism for ScriptEngine classes and also maintains a collection of key/value pairs storing state shared by all engines created by the Manager.
  • Use the getEngineByExtension(String extension) API method to look up and create a ScriptEngine for the js extension.
  • Use put(String key, Object value) API method of ScriptEngine to set a key/value pair in the state of the ScriptEngine that may either create a Java Language Binding to be used in the execution of scripts or be used in some other way, depending on whether the key is reserved. The value set here is a list of String car names, with the key "brandList".
  • Create a new String script to print the list and then add new elements in the list.
  • Use the eval(String script) method to execute the script.
  • After executing the script print the list elements again. The list now has the new elements added to it by the script.

Let’s take a look at the code snippet that follows:  

package com.javacodegeeks.snippets.core;

import javax.script.ScriptEngineManager;
import javax.script.ScriptEngine;
import javax.script.ScriptException;
 
import javax.script.ScriptEngineManager;
import javax.script.ScriptEngine;
import javax.script.ScriptException;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.ArrayList;
 
public class ModifyObjectFromScript {
    
	public static void main(String[] args) {

  
		// Create a List of car brands

  List<String> brands = new ArrayList<String>();

  brands.add("Audi");

  brands.add("Mercedes");

  brands.add("Renault");

  brands.add("Ford");

  brands.add("Seat");

  // Obtain a ScriptEngine instance

  ScriptEngineManager manager = new ScriptEngineManager();

  ScriptEngine engine = manager.getEngineByExtension("js");
 

  // Set List into the engine

  engine.put("brandList", brands);

  try {


engine.eval(getScript());

// Redisplay the modified version of brands list object.

for (String brand : brands) {

    System.out.println("Brand = " + brand);
}
  } catch (ScriptException e) {
e.printStackTrace();
  }
    }
 
    private static String getScript() {
    	// Script that reads and adds brands 
  String script =
    "var index; " +
    "var brands = brandList.toArray(); " +
    " " +
    "for (index in brands) { " +
    "    println(brands[index]); " +
    "}" +
    " " +
    "brandList.add("BMW"); " +
    "brandList.add("KIA"); " +
    "brandList.add("Smart"); ";
  return script;
    }
}

Output:

Audi
Mercedes
Renault
Ford
Seat
Brand = Audi
Brand = Mercedes
Brand = Renault
Brand = Ford
Brand = Seat
Brand = BMW
Brand = KIA
Brand = Smart

  
This was an example of how to modify a Java object in script in Java.

Byron Kiourtzoglou

Byron is a master software engineer working in the IT and Telecom domains. He is an applications developer in a wide variety of applications/services. He is currently acting as the team leader and technical architect for a proprietary service creation and integration platform for both the IT and Telecom industries in addition to a in-house big data real-time analytics solution. He is always fascinated by SOA, middleware services and mobile development. Byron is co-founder and Executive Editor at Java Code Geeks.
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