Okay, I'm coming to terms with the fact that I am suffering from tool overdose.

Batik? Cool, but it doesn't really help me.

JRuby? The language looks fun, but the Java->JRuby interaction really has been a pain. I can't get it to work the way I want, plus there's something about the implementation that makes it really inefficient. Every time you pass JRuby code a Java object, it seems like it needs to fully ruby-ize the java object, and if you pass it a big object (like say Graphics), it literally sits there working for 10 seconds. I'm not going to have a loading bar for my scripting engine! (though they say this inefficiency will be fixed in the December release)

So JRuby is outta here. Hopefully sometime in the future I'll have an excuse to learn this fun language.

Rhino is looking better and better, I think I'm using that now. It seems to be the only library I can find that has a sane way for Java code to call a scripted method. &#106avascript might not be as charming a language as Ruby, but as long as I have some way in my game to interactively change the game code, I'll be happy.<div> </div>

 > import javax.swing.JFrame;
 > JFrame f = new JFrame("test");
 > f.setSize(400,300);
 > f.setVisible(true);
 > f.dispose();