Lisp API Documentation

Functions defined in package jacol:

JVM-FETCH

Arguments:  (object)

Description:

Return a string representation of an object stored in the JVM.

Example: (jvm-fetch (jvm-create "java.util.Date"))
  ==> Wed Dec 12 14:11:12 MST 2001

JVM-CALL

Arguments:  (object method &key static return arguments invoke)

Description:

Call a method in a Java class or instance.

Parameters:

   static - t if the class being called is static

   return - specify the return type, which can be one of :int, :long,
            :boolean, :string, :float, :double, :float. If this is
            not specified a string will be returned representing the
            key of the object in the JVM.

   arguments - a list of string pairs. The first string in the pair
               represents the value, the second represents the Java
               type. The type can be int, long, boolean, float, double,
               String, object, or Object. Object refers to
               java.lang.Object, object indicates that the value is
               the key of an object instance stored in the JVM.

   invoke - t if the method is being invoked on an object instance
            (i.e., "object" is the key of an object stored in the JVM)

JVM-GET-STATIC-FIELD

Arguments:  (classname fieldname)

Description:

Retrieve a static field from classname. The key of the object stored
in the JVM will be returned.

JVM-GET-INSTANCE-FIELD

Arguments:  (object fieldname)

Description:

Retrieve a field from an object instance. The key of the object
stored in the JVM will be returned.

JVM-DELETE

Arguments:  (object)

Description:

"object" refers to an object stored in the JVM. After calling this
function, the object can no longer be referenced and is a candidate for
garbage collection.

JVM-SHUTDOWN

Arguments:  ()

Description:

Cleanly shutdown jacol, including Java processes.

JVM-CREATE

Arguments:  (classname &rest args)

Description:

Create an instance of classname. Return a string identifier
that can be passed as a parameter to subsequent method calls
to refer to this object.

Any arguments after classname are passed as parameters to the
Java constructor. They must occur in pairs, value followed by
type.

Example: (jvm-create "java.lang.Integer" "560" "String")