Hello Patrick and co. I wonder if you've looked at the new Java Scripting API included in Java SE 6. See https://scripting.dev.java.net/ and http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/scripting/programmer_guide/index.html
Perl is conspicuously absent from the scripting engines listed on https://scripting.dev.java.net Could it provide an alternative or complementary way for perl to interface with Java? Tim.