The R package jsr223 is a high-level integration for five programming languages in the Java platform: Groovy, JavaScript, JRuby, Jython, and Kotlin. Each of these languages can use Java objects in their own syntax. Hence, jsr223 is also an integration for R and the Java platform. It enables developers to leverage Java solutions from within R by embedding code snippets or evaluating script files. This approach is generally easier than rJava’s low-level approach that employs the Java Native Interface. jsr223’s multi-language support is dependent on the Java Scripting API: an implementation of “JSR-223: Scripting for the Java Platform” that defines a framework to embed scripts in Java applications. The jsr223 package also features extensive data exchange capabilities and a callback interface that allows embedded scripts to access the current R session. In all, jsr223 makes solutions developed in Java or any of the jsr223-supported languages easier to use in R.
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Gilbert & Dahl, "jsr223: A Java Platform Integration for R with Programming Languages Groovy, JavaScript, JRuby, Jython, and Kotlin", The R Journal, 2018
BibTeX citation
@article{RJ-2018-066,
author = {Gilbert, Floid R. and Dahl, David B.},
title = {jsr223: A Java Platform Integration for R with Programming Languages Groovy, JavaScript, JRuby, Jython, and Kotlin},
journal = {The R Journal},
year = {2018},
note = {https://doi.org/10.32614/RJ-2018-066},
doi = {10.32614/RJ-2018-066},
volume = {10},
issue = {2},
issn = {2073-4859},
pages = {440-454}
}