Hello there!

I was wondering if anyone knows of a good scripting language that can be used with Java. The majority of the ones I've seen are compile the scripts to .jar's in order to interface well with the JVM, but that's not really what I'm looking for. What I'd really like is something like the LuaBind or the Boost Python libraries for C++, but for Java.

I know there's the Java ScriptManager, but javascript syntax makes my eyes bleed.

What I really want, I guess is an interpreter that:

- Uses Lua or Python or some other fast-prototyping language

- Can call script functions and operate on script data from inside the Java program and

- Can invoke Java methods and operate with Java objects from inside the script

Thanks!

Look at the official list of Lua Implementations, specifically the Java section.

A good half of those are full Lua VMs implemented directly in Java, so no mucking around with jar files or JNI required.

Thanks! Exactly what I was looking for! :)