I note that the useful GroovyConsole will exit if the script being run hits a
System.exit(). This is understandable when the script runs in that same thread
as the Console. But it would be really useful to be able to run scripts in a
separate thread to protect against exit() [and to display the exit value] and
also for scripts with infinite loops that need to be killed!
And, maybe, it would also allow these scripts to obtain the 'console' object
for keyboard input?
Console cons = System.console()
Boolean isWorking () {
if (!cons)
{
println "Cannot open a console
for input" //always the case under GroovyConsole
}
return (cons != null)
}
Merlin Beedell
