When I'd the switch to Java 6 planned? If it's going to be a while you might try BSF as a stopgap measure.
Mark On Aug 1, 2010, at 2:50 PM, "Donal K. Fellows" <[email protected] > wrote: > On 01/08/2010 18:38, Mark Fortner wrote: >> Not that I know of. But it would be nice if there was a more >> generalized >> form of the current beanshell processor. Java has built in support >> for >> scripting languages, and most people are familiar with python or perl >> (not beanshell). There are a wide variety of supported scripting >> languages that make use of the Java VM including (Groovy, JavaScript, >> Sleep (a perl-like language) and Jython). Here's a brief listing: >> https://scripting.dev.java.net/ > > We've known about this (and wanted to fix it!) for quite a while, > but it's been blocked for a while by Taverna being dependent on > supporting Java 5; the scripting support framework requires Java 6. > > The good news is that we will be removing this blocker in future > releases. The Server is already transitioned (a benefit of it being > a de novo software artefact), the core execution Platform is being > ported, and I'm not quite sure what's involved in moving the > Workbench; GUI development in Java isn't my particular forté. The no > t-quite-so-good news is that I'm not sure what the timeline for the > transition is. > >> Perhaps we can raise an issue about this if there's enough interest >> from >> the user-community. > > Once the blocker problem (Java versioning) is sorted, I'd hope that > the community could provide plugins for the languages they want to > see. > > Donal. > <donal_k_fellows.vcf> > --- > --- > --- > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the > Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share > of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm > _______________________________________________ > taverna-hackers mailing list > [email protected] > Web site: http://www.taverna.org.uk > Mailing lists: http://www.taverna.org.uk/about/contact-us/ > Developers Guide: http://www.taverna.org.uk/developers/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Palm PDK Hot Apps Program offers developers who use the Plug-In Development Kit to bring their C/C++ apps to Palm for a share of $1 Million in cash or HP Products. Visit us here for more details: http://p.sf.net/sfu/dev2dev-palm _______________________________________________ taverna-hackers mailing list [email protected] Web site: http://www.taverna.org.uk Mailing lists: http://www.taverna.org.uk/about/contact-us/ Developers Guide: http://www.taverna.org.uk/developers/
