Dear fellow Rexxers,
since a few minutes there is a new beta of BSF4ooRexx available from
Sourceforge, namely from:
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/bsf4oorexx/files/beta/20181002/>.
BSF4ooRexx is an ooRexx external function package that allows Rexx programs to
exploit Java classes.
Requiring the supplied ooRexx package "BSF.CLS" camouflages the strictly typed,
case-sensitive
programming language Java as the dynamically typed, case-insensitive language
Rexx, making it
considerably easy to interface with Java.
There are two newer public routines made available via BSF.CLS that I would
like to draw your
attention to:
* bsf.iconv(string, fromCharset, toCharset): translates "string" encoded in
the "fromCharset" to
the "toCharset" and returns it
o cf. the "samples" folder that gets installed with BSF4ooRexx lookup the
sample named
"1-080_charsetTranslations.rxj", which also has a link pointing at the
standard CharSets
available in Java
* bsf.contextClassLoader(
[list-of-jarfiles|list-of-directories|list-of-urls] ): this routine
queries (if no arguments supplied) or sets the Java's Thread
ContextClassLoader (according to
the supplied arguments). This will allow to dynamically add new Java
classes to a running program
o cf. the "samples/JavaFX/fxml_05" folder that gets installed with
BSF4ooRexx lookup the
sample named "staff.rxj"
If you choose the menu option "BSF4ooRexx -> Samples" a folder/finder window
will open and display
the Rexx samples. Locate the file "index.html" and click on it: this will
briefly describe each Rexx
sample, such that you are able to quickly get an overview.
---
Also I would like to point out to you the latest beta versions of ooRexx 5.0
which introduces many
valuable and helpful new features:
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/files/oorexx/5.0.0beta/>. Regularly
check for new builds
there. The quality of the current beta versions is of type "release" and it
contains bug fixes over
ooRexx 4.2.
If you have any questions please come forward and ask!
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(<mailto:bsf4oorexx-de...@lists.sourceforge.net>).
Cheers,
---rony
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