| Package | Description | 
|---|---|
| javax.script | The scripting API consists of interfaces and classes that define
Java TM Scripting Engines and provides
a framework for their use in Java applications. | 
| Modifier and Type | Method and Description | 
|---|---|
| CompiledScript | Compilable. compile(Reader script)Compiles the script (source read from  Reader) for
 later execution. | 
| CompiledScript | Compilable. compile(String script)Compiles the script (source represented as a  String) for
 later execution. | 
| Object | CompiledScript. eval()Executes the program stored in the  CompiledScriptobject. | 
| Object | CompiledScript. eval(Bindings bindings)Executes the program stored in the  CompiledScriptobject using
 the suppliedBindingsof attributes as theENGINE_SCOPEof the
 associatedScriptEngineduring script execution. | 
| Object | AbstractScriptEngine. eval(Reader reader)eval(Reader)calls the abstracteval(Reader, ScriptContext)passing the value of thecontextfield. | 
| Object | ScriptEngine. eval(Reader reader)Same as  eval(String)except that the source of the script is
 provided as aReader | 
| Object | AbstractScriptEngine. eval(Reader reader,
    Bindings bindings)eval(Reader, Bindings)calls the abstracteval(Reader, ScriptContext)method, passing it aScriptContextwhose Reader, Writers and Bindings for scopes other thatENGINE_SCOPEare identical to those members of the protectedcontextfield. | 
| Object | ScriptEngine. eval(Reader reader,
    Bindings n)Same as  eval(String, Bindings)except that the source of the script
 is provided as aReader. | 
| Object | ScriptEngine. eval(Reader reader,
    ScriptContext context)Same as  eval(String, ScriptContext)where the source of the script
 is read from aReader. | 
| abstract Object | CompiledScript. eval(ScriptContext context)Executes the program stored in this  CompiledScriptobject. | 
| Object | AbstractScriptEngine. eval(String script)Same as  eval(Reader)except that the abstracteval(String, ScriptContext)is used. | 
| Object | ScriptEngine. eval(String script)Executes the specified script. | 
| Object | AbstractScriptEngine. eval(String script,
    Bindings bindings)Same as  eval(Reader, Bindings)except that the abstracteval(String, ScriptContext)is used. | 
| Object | ScriptEngine. eval(String script,
    Bindings n)Executes the script using the  Bindingsargument as theENGINE_SCOPEBindingsof theScriptEngineduring the script execution. | 
| Object | ScriptEngine. eval(String script,
    ScriptContext context)Causes the immediate execution of the script whose source is the String
 passed as the first argument. | 
| Object | Invocable. invokeFunction(String name,
              Object... args)Used to call top-level procedures and functions defined in scripts. | 
| Object | Invocable. invokeMethod(Object thiz,
            String name,
            Object... args)Calls a method on a script object compiled during a previous script execution,
 which is retained in the state of the  ScriptEngine. | 
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