(was: Re: Java ScriptEngine with a JavaScript returning what?)
On 17.09.2014 00:20, Eric Sosman wrote:
On 9/16/2014 4:02 PM, Donkey Hottie wrote:
Consider a JavaScript:
var blah;
blah;
So what does the Java's
Object ScriptEngine::eval(String script) return now?
Btw, "::" is a C++ism that does not exist in Java. In Java we use a
single dot there.
blah is not null? Is it not undefined either? Java has no "undefined"
Object type.
What will happen, what will be returned?
null
(Obtained by a five-minute experiment. "Five" because I have no
acquaintance with the scripting framework and had to read some doc;
a better-versed person could have obtained the answer more quickly.)
<rant>
I do not understand why people are really asking these type of
questions. It is more rewarding and faster, too, to try these things
out than going to a newsgroup to wait for a reply.
I think it's time again to reference
http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
</rant>
Bye
robert
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