Introduction to

Jython
Agenda
 What is Jython
 Syntax Basics
 Example Code
 Embedding Jython
 Other Scripting Languages for Java
 Red Robin Jython Eclipse Plug-in
Q + A
What is Jython?
 An implementation of the Python
(2.1) language on the Java Virtual
Machine
 Cross-platform (via JVM)
 Access to both Python and Java
libraries
 Interactive Interpreter
Jython Syntax Overview
 Loose, Dynamic Typing
 Modular organization
 Object Oriented – Everything is an
Object
 Supports classes, methods
 Functional Programming (List Comp.)
 Code blocks defined by indentation
 Dynamic dispatch – Reflection made
easy!
 Operator Overloading
Jython Syntax Basics
Built-in Data Types:
Numbers (Integers, Float,
Complex)
Strings (immutable sequences)
Sequences (like ArrayList)
Dictionaries (like HashMap)
Many Advanced Types, such as File
Jython Syntax: Sequences
Jython sequence:
list = [1,2,3,4,5]
list[1:3] -> 2
list[2:5] -> [2,3,4] #called “Slicing”
list[1:3] = ‘two’ -> [1,’two’,3,4,5]

Versus Java ArrayList:

java.util.List list = new java.util.ArrayList();
list.add(new Integer(1));
list.add(new Integer(2));
list.add(new Integer(3));
…
Jython Syntax: Dictionaries
Jython dictionary:
dict = {‘one’: 1, ‘two’: 2, 3: ‘three’}
dict[‘two’] -> 2
dict[3] = “three” -> sets “three”

versus Java HashMap:

java.util.Map map = new java.util.HashMap();
map.put(“one”, new Integer(1));
map.put(“two” new Integer(2));
Map.put(new Integer(3), “three”);
Jython Syntax:
Conditionals
# in Python (and Jython) 0 = false, 1 = true

if expression:
block
elif expression:
block
else:
block

try:
block
except SomeError:
block
finally:
block
Jython Syntax: Loops
import java.security as sec
import java.lang as lang
providers = sec.Security.getProviders() #sequence
for p in providers:
print p.name
print “-----------------------”
p.list(lang.System.out)
Jython Syntax: F.P.
>>> map(lambda x: 2 * x, [1,2,3])
[2,4,6]

>>> filter(lambda x: x > 0, [-1, 0, 1, 2])

[1,2]

>>> reduce(lambda x, y: x + y, [0,1,2,3])

6

>>> def func(x,y):

... print "(x,y): (%s,%s)" % (x,y)
... return x + y
...
>>> reduce(lambda x,y: func(x,y), [0,1,2,3])
(x,y): (0,1)
(x,y): (1,2)
(x,y): (3,3)
6
Jython Syntax: List Comp.
>>> evens = [x for x in range(10) if x%2==0]
>>> evens
[0,2,4,6,8]
Jython Syntax: Functions
def listAll(seq):
for each in seq:
print each
…
method = listAll
list = [1,2,3,4,5]
method(list)
Jython Syntax: Classes
# from http://www.jython.org/applets
from java.applet import Applet

class HelloWorld(Applet):
def paint(self, g):
g.drawString(“Hello World!”, 20, 30)
Example Time
 Jython Interpreter
 Eclipse – Red Robin Jython IDE
 http://home.tiscali.be/redrobin/jython/
Cool Things
 Read a whole file in two lines:
file = open(“somefilename.txt”, r+)
file.read()

 Java API Exploration

What is Jython good at:
 Prototyping
 JavaAPI exploration
 Bean Accessors
window = Jframe()
window.dimension=[200,200]

 Embedding in Java for extensibility

What is Jython NOT good
at:
 Performance critical code
 Anything JVM can not do
 Access Python Extensions in C
 C libraries without JNI
 COM without JNI
Embedding Jython
From page 207, Java Essentials :
import org.python.core.*;
import org.python.util.*;

public class PyInterpTest {

public static void main(String[] args) {
PySystemState.initialize();
PythonInterpreter interp = new PythonInterpreter()
PyObject value = interp.eval(“2 + 2”);
System.out.println(value);
}
}
Embedding Jython
import org.python.core.*;
import org.python.util.*;

public class EmbedJython {

public static void main(String[] args) {
String script = “value = (max – min) / 2”;
PySystemState.initialize();
PythonInterpreter interp = new PythonInterpreter();
interp.set(“max”, new PyInteger(10));
interp.set(“min”, new PyInteger(0));
interp.exec(script);
System.out.println(interp.get(“value”));
}
}
Jython Performance
 Calculating first 10000 primes
1000 10000 20000
 Java: .027s 2.566s
10.196s
 Jython: .364s 17.804s
73.804s
 Word Counting the Bible
(816635 words, 35520 unique)
 Java: 1.207s
 Jython: 4.969s
The Bean Scripting
Framework
 Provides a framework for
embedding scripting languages
into any Java application
 Uses a registry for passing data
 Supports many languages (next
slide)
Other Scripting Languages
for Java
 Groovy – new and increasingly popular
http://groovy.codehaus.org/
 Rhino – ECMAScript interpreter
http://www.mozilla.org/js/
 BeanShell – “Loose” Java
http://www.beanshell.org
 NetRexx – Rexx on Java
http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/netrexx/
 JudoScript – “A functional scripting language”
http://www.judoscript.com/index.html
 JRuby – Ruby on Java
http://jruby.sourceforge.net/
So many more:
Python Compatibility
 CPython is now on version 2.4
 Not all current Python code works
with Jython
 Extensions for CPython are written
in C and will not work with Jython.
References
Jython Essentials Pedroni, Rappin
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/jythoness/

An Introduction to Jython Brian

Zimmer
http://ziclix.com/jython/chipy20050113/slide-01.html
URLs
Jython - http://jython.org
BSF - http://jakarta.apache.org/bsf
/index.html
Free Python Books -
http://techbooksforfree.com/perlpython.shtm
Dive Into Python -
http://diveintopython.org
Red Robin Eclipse Plug-in -
http://home.tiscali.be/redrobin/jython/
This presentation -
http://secosoft.net/presentations/