Howto Jython¶

Howto Install Setuptools¶

For the installation of the setuptool see the ‘The Definitive Guide to Jython’ [JythonGuide].

Howto Online Help¶

The online help for the testx module is displayed by the call:

jython setup.py

Howto Install Java Native Access Modules¶

The ‘Java Native Access’ - JNA - modules are required by some of the basic prerequired modules of the author for Jython on Windows systems. For example for platformids. The installation is simply done by copying the required modules, see also [JNA].

For example in case of Windows-10 with the native OpenSSH server:

rsync -avHPS  \
  jna.jar \
  jna-platform.jar \
  win32-x86-64.jar \
  --rsync-path='c:\\cygwin64\\bin\\rsync.exe' \
  test@w10p:tmp

Howto display information on called Jython¶

The data on the current called Jython implementation release could be fetched by:

python setup.py testx --print-vinfo -i jython

Printing for example:

running testx
category           = python
disttype           = python2.7
dist               = jython
distrel            = 2.7.1
hexrelease         = 0xa39821c1
compiler           = Java
compiler_version   = 1.8.0.131
implementation     = /usr/share/jython/bin/jython

By using an alternative local installation:

PATH=/opt/jython/jython-2.7.0/bin/:$PATH python setup.py testx --print-vinfo -i jython

Printing for example:

category           = python
disttype           = python2.7
dist               = jython
distrel            = 2.7.0
hexrelease         = 0xa39821c0
compiler           = Java
compiler_version   = 1.8.0.131
implementation     = /opt/jython/jython-2.7.0/bin/jython

Jython Launcher¶

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Jython Options¶

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E.g.:

jython -Dpython.cachedir.skip=true setup.py --help

python -J-Dpython.cachedir.skip=true setup.py --help

Java Options¶

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Howto Application Sever¶

The applications of Jython include in particular the configuration and customization of Java based application servers. This requires for several use-cases the deployment of native Java modules/packages as glueware for the integration - which is supported by the provided setuplib commands ‘setup.py build_java’ and ‘setup.py build_jy’. The application servers with support for Jython scripting are for example:

Boss Application Server
Oracle Weblogic Server
IBM WebSphere Application Server

JBoss Application Server¶

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Oracle Weblogic Server¶

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IBM WebSphere Application Server¶

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