Thanks, will forward this query to the Java guys. In the mean time, I'll deploy my prototype on a Tomcat Server
Cheers, Albert Attard Joan Crawford<http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/authors/j/joan_crawford.html> - "I, Joan Crawford, I believe in the dollar. Everything I earn, I spend." 2009/7/27 Nick Johnson (Google) <nick.john...@google.com> > Hi Albert, > > It's not possible to access the command line compiler from a Java App > Engine app. It may be possible to use internal reflection functionality to > compile the code, but you'd need to ask someone with more expertise in Java > - asking this in the google-appengine-java group will probably get you more > useful responses. > > If the code doesn't have to be in Java, you might want to consider > Javascript - there are several embeddable Javascript interpreters for Java, > including Rhino, and they would make the application you describe quite > straightfoward to write. > > -Nick Johnson > > > On Fri, Jul 24, 2009 at 3:41 PM, Albert Attard <albertatt...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> >> Hi everyone: >> >> Background about the problem: >> I'm a Java lecturer and would like to create an automated question web >> application similar to an extended version of multiple choice answers >> by which the students can practice coding. >> >> Multiple choice questions are very popular in web exams as these are >> fully automated. You do the test and the system corrects it for you >> and gives you the results there and then. I would like to go one step >> further and have the student to supply a code fragment or even a class >> (es) and have the system automatically correcting it in a similar >> fashion to the multiple choice questions. >> >> Example (in a nutshell): >> The student is asked to write a method: that given an array of int and >> two indices of type int (between 0 and the size of the array - 1), >> this method will swap the elements at the given indices. The student >> will write the method in the text area and submit it. Then the system >> will include this method into a class, compile it and by using >> reflection execute it with an array of values to ensure that it is >> working as expected. During this process the system will be awarding >> the student marks and will display the final result together with >> comments as required. >> >> Google Appengine >> I have a prototype and it works great on Tomcat. Yes I know that it is >> subject to Java code injection but that's not an issue at this stage. >> This issue can be fixed at a later stage. Unfortunately I cannot >> implement it on the Google Appengine as most of the required >> functionality, such as writing to a file, is disabled. >> >> Is there a way (or a procedure) of implementing such a system on the >> Google Appengine? This application will be a free education tool for >> everyone who would like to use it. >> >> Thanks in advance, >> Albert Attard >> >> >> > > > -- > Nick Johnson, Developer Programs Engineer, App Engine > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
