Nashorn Application with NetBeans 8

Java SE 8 has been out for a couple of days now. I discovered several strong new features, but the most interesting one for me is Nashorn (JSR223). Thanks to this specification, Java meets, once again, script languages and, especially, JavaScript, which is the major internet language of the moment.

I would like to celebrate also the release of the latest version of NetBeans IDE by presenting a small application mixing Nashorn APIs and Swing APIs. Of course, it will be built using NetBeans IDE 8!

The project comprises the following:

• a Javscript, FibScript, file containing a non recursive Fibonacci number function (Fibonacci) 
• a form, FormUser, based on Swing APIs, that helps the user to input a range of integers and calculates the Fibonacci number of each integer
• a class, FibonacciCalcul, that uses some Nashorn classes

function Fibonacci(n) {
    var a ; 
    if(n <= 0)return 0 ; 
    if(n == 1) return 1;
    var b = 0;
    var c = 1;
    for (var i=2;i <= n ; i++) {
        a = b+c ; 
        b=c; 
        c = a ;         
    }; 
    return c;     
}

package calculus;
import java.io.InputStream;
import java.io.InputStreamReader;
import javax.script.Invocable;
import javax.script.ScriptEngine;
import javax.script.ScriptEngineManager;
import javax.script.ScriptException;
public class FibonacciCalcul {

    public FibonacciCalcul() {
        
    }
    
    public int myNashornFileExecution(int n) throws ScriptException, NoSuchMethodException {
        
        final ScriptEngineManager factory = new ScriptEngineManager(); 
        final ScriptEngine engine  = factory.getEngineByName("nashorn");
                
        //Create the builder here
        final InputStream inputStream  = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream("calculus/FibScript.js"); 
        final InputStreamReader inputStreamReader = new InputStreamReader(inputStream);
        engine.eval(inputStreamReader);
        
        //Invoke a function from a Javascript file
        final Invocable invocable = (Invocable)engine ; 
        final int fib = (int)invocable.invokeFunction("Fibonacci", n);
        return fib ;        
    }
        
}

  private void buttonSubmitActionPerformed(java.awt.event.ActionEvent evt) {//GEN-FIRST:event_buttonSubmitActionPerformed
        // TODO add your handling code here:
        
        FibonacciCalcul fibo  = new FibonacciCalcul(); 
        
        for(int i= Integer.parseInt(txtLowerBound.getText()) ; i <= Integer.parseInt(txtUpperBound.getText()); i++) {
            try {
                txtResult.append("Fibonacci of " + i + " is " + fibo.myNashornFileExecution(i) + "\n");
                txtResult.setCaretPosition(txtResult.getDocument().getLength());
            } catch (ScriptException ex) {
                Logger.getLogger(FormUser.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            } catch (NoSuchMethodException ex) {
                Logger.getLogger(FormUser.class.getName()).log(Level.SEVERE, null, ex);
            }
        }
    }/

So, enjoy NetBeans 8 and Java 8!

There are lot of resources on the internet that could help you to build a more professional and complete application. Here is a list of pages that inspired me:

• Nashorn web site

• Nashorn specification (JSR 223)

• SOAT tutorial on Developpez.com