Add Intrepreter to application?

Hi all. I was wondering if this is possible in Java. If i have a Client Java application, can I have a "mini" compiler in the application that can read JAVA code runtime (compile it?) and perform the actions in the code based on classes already defined in the application i am compiling this code in?

This would be neat to add code during the life of the application. Thanks for any help in advance.

Take a look at the javax.tools package. Be aware that for compilation to succeed, it is required that a JDK be installed. Just a JRE won't do.

Then you'll probably need a custom ClassLoader and the Reflection API to load the compiled classes. It doesn't take long for all of that to become very messy.

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This would be neat to add code during the life of the application.

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Not really.

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