jacol
Interface LispInterpreter

All Known Implementing Classes:

AsynchInterpreter, LispProcessor

public interface LispInterpreter

This interface describes lisp interpreters, whether synchronous or asynchronous.

Version:

0.20 beta

Author:

Jason Lowdermilk Email

Method Summary

java.lang.String	eval(java.lang.String lispCode) Evaluate some lisp code.
void	exit() Instruct JACOL to exit.

Method Detail

eval

public java.lang.String eval(java.lang.String lispCode)

Evaluate some lisp code. This may block depending on whether or not the interpreter is synchronous.

Parameters:

lispCode - a String representing a lisp statement.

Returns:

if the lisp interpreter is synchronous, a String will be returned containing the response from the lisp server. Otherwise null will be returned.

exit

public void exit()

Instruct JACOL to exit. This should be the last thing called from the java program. If it is omitted, JACOL will continue running since there are other threads. If System.exit() is called directly, the lisp server will continue running as an orphaned process.