Hi Bertrand, Thanks, i will have a look at it. :-).
janandith. On 3/31/08, Bertrand Delacretaz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Janadith, > > On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 8:24 PM, janandith jayawardena > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > ... Does this mean Sling uses Apache BSF for scripting language support or > a > > similar model... > > Yes and no ;-) > > Sling scripting is based on the JSR 223 javax.script.* interfaces, > provided by the BSF 3.0 beta release. So we do use BSF, but not the > "old" BSF-specific interfaces. > > > ... If so is it also an OSGi bundle.... > > Yes, each scripting engine is provided as an OSGi bundle, but to be > usable as a scripting engine the bundle has to include a > services/javax.script.ScriptEngineFactory file that gives the name of > the ScriptEngineFactory that implements the language. > > The velocity script engine (in scripting/velocity) is probably the > simplest example. > > > ... Can i use the Apache BSF manual as a reference to the Sling > scripting/api.... > > Probably not, I haven't checked but I guess that manual describes the > "old" BSF API. > > Better look at the javax.script APIs, for example at > http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/javax/script/package-summary.html > - but BSF, being in beta, might not implement all of that. > > -Bertrand >
