http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=223
The specification may include a Java API that can be used, possibly through JNI, by an scripting language engine to access the desired Java objects.
Can anyone give us a more concrete description of what this is really about?
The basis for this is exactly what that sentence states -- scripting language users have said they would like to be able to access business logic and data objects inside a servlet-based application from their scripts, in a portable manner. The point of the JSR is to make that sort of thing possible.
As Stefano points out, Sam did indeed create some code to do this. Just two little problem though, it's non-thread safe (uses instance variables for per-request state), and it's not scalable. And, it only deals with PHP, but there's lots of other scripting languages (and scripting language users) in the world that could benefit from the same ability.
What I did with PHP was only a proof of concept. My focus wasn't only on PHP, but on a wide number of languages.
I met personally with Eduardo on more than one occasion trying to generate interest in the subject. At the time, it was clear that his focus on on the 'one true programming language'.
Sometimes it sucks to be four years ahead of your time.
- Sam Ruby
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