Jason Foster wrote: > I sent a message to the Mozilla JavaScript newsgroup and got the > following reply... > >> It's not currently possible to serialize the execution state of the >> Rhino interpreter, if that's what you're requesting. However there >> has been some work on this by Christopher Oliver, see >> >> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=group:netscape.public.mozilla.jseng+author: >> >> Christopher+author:Oliver&hl=en&selm=3BB3A10D.D7B1DE48%40mminternet.com&rnum= >> >> 4 >> >> Rhino 1.5R3 introduced serialization for the first time, but I was >> hesitant to add the ability to serialize execution state. Perhaps it >> is worth considering for 1.5R4. > > > If you take a look at the URL, you get the following nice tidbit... > >> >function foo(level) { >> > var now = new java.util.Date(); >> > if(level > 5) { >> > print("run the file foo.jss"); >> > capture("foo.jss"); >> > } else { >> > print("next level"); >> > foo(level + 1); >> > } print("restarted("+level+"): " + now) >> >} >> > >> >foo(1); >> > >> >//c/rhinoSer/rhino1_5R3pre> date >> >Thu Sep 27 09:44:30 2001 >> >//c/rhinoSer/rhino1_5R3pre> java -cp jss.jar >> org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main -opt -1 foo.js >> >next level >> >next level >> >next level >> >next level >> >next level >> >run the file foo.jss >> >//c/rhinoSer/rhino1_5R3pre> date >> >Thu Sep 27 09:44:37 2001 >> >//c/rhinoSer/rhino1_5R3pre> java -cp jss.jar >> >org.mozilla.javascript.tools.shell.Main -opt -1 foo.jss >> >restarted(6): Thu Sep 27 09:44:33 PDT 2001 >> >restarted(5): Thu Sep 27 09:44:33 PDT 2001 >> >restarted(4): Thu Sep 27 09:44:33 PDT 2001 >> >restarted(3): Thu Sep 27 09:44:33 PDT 2001 >> >restarted(2): Thu Sep 27 09:44:33 PDT 2001 >> >restarted(1): Thu Sep 27 09:44:33 PDT 2001 > > > Maybe I'm just feeling optimistic, but this looks almost exactly like > what would be needed for Cocoon. Granted that this code is > experimental, but if the nice man from Mozilla is willing to > incorporate it into Rhino 1.5, then we'll be set. > > Comments? > > Jason Foster
That would be really great, as it would avoid writing a new language (even if Ovidiu already did a lot of work) and avoid introducing yet-another-language, which would be more difficult to promote than the well-known JavaScript. Sylvain -- Sylvain Wallez Anyware Technologies Apache Cocoon http://www.anyware-tech.com mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
