Hi Sundar, thanks for the explanation. I was already doing what you suggested, and I wanted to do it the way I'm used to (without "my." within a sub-class extension).
Nevermind: nashorn is still a great tool. On Tue, Mar 3, 2015 at 11:50 AM, A. Sundararajan < [email protected]> wrote: > Are you looking for a way to introduce a new constructor? That is not > supported. The class extension in nashorn is more like Java anonymous > classes - There too you don't introduce a new constructor - just use > existing constructor to construct new object. > > You can workaround with: > > function createMyFrame() { > var my = Java.extend(.....) { ... } > my.setSize(800, 600); > my.visible = true; > return my; > } > > -Sundar > > > Christian MICHON wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> [ I tried to contact Sundar directly (still no answer), but I'd like to >> get >> nashorn devs opinion as well. ] >> >> I'm currently trying to extend a javax.swing.JFrame to make a small gui >> using nashorn. >> >> When I'm doing this with java or jruby, it's straight forward and quite >> easy to code a contructor of the derived class to customize dimensions for >> example. >> >> Yet with nashorn I'm struggling: how is named the constructor? >> >> I've a small snippet below to share: I'd like to know what is supposed to >> be in place of XYZ to make frame appear properly (dimensions 800x600). >> >> var myJFrame = Java.extend(javax.swing.JFrame, { >> XYZ: function() { >> setSize(800, 600); >> setVisible(true); >> } >> }); >> var my = new myJFrame(); >> java.lang.Thread.currentThread().join(); >> >> >> Thanks in advance. >> Christian >> >> > > -- Christian
