1. INTRODUCTION TO
JYTHON
John
Saturday, December 21, 2013

2. The reason for Jython
• Access Java class library
• Embed in Java app servers
• Mix and match Python and Java code

3. Install and configure Jython
• Download the jar file from
www.jython.org/downloads.html
• download the jar file (latest version is
jython.2.7 alpha,which means you will have
all same feature as Python 2.7)
• Add “C:jython2.7a2” into the path, the file
jython.bat is the executable file

4. Attention: if you met problems in
the interactive console
if you met this problem
• Code never end if input a
string
Use chcp solve it
Input command on line
$ chcp 437

5. import Java built-in classes
Use HashMap java class
covert HashMap to dict
>>> from java.util import
HashMap
>>> a = HashMap()
>>> a. get(“key”,1)
>>> a
{key=1}
>>> type(a)
<type ‘java.util.HashMap’>
>>> d = dict()
>>> d.update(a)
>>> print d
{u’key’:1}

6. More examples
Call java swing libaray
from javax.swing import *
frame = JFrame(“Hello,Jython”)
label = JLabel(“Hello
Jython!”,JLabel.CENTER)
frame.add(label)
frame.setDefaultCloseOperation(JFra
me.EXIT_ON_CLOSE)
frame.setSize(200,100)
frame.close()

7. Mix Java and Python
Step 1: write java class in java
file
Step 2: compile it and add it
to CLASSPATH
#file Foo.java
public class Foo
{
public String stuff(int x)
{
String buf = new
String(“Test from Java:”);
buf = buf +
Integer.toString(x);
return buf
}
}
#Compile the java code
#A Foo.class will be generated if java
code have no error
$ javac Foo.java
#Build the jar file Foo.jar
$ jar cvf Foo.jar Foo.class
#update the CLASSPATH on windows
$ set CLASSPATH = %CLASSPATH%
C:/Foo.jar;
#use echo view the change
$ echo %CLASSPATH%

8. Use Java class in Python
import the Foo class
Inherit the Foo class
>>> import Foo
>>> f = Foo()
>>> type(f)
<type ‘Foo’>
>>> f.stuff(123)
u’This is a test from Java:123’
>>> class Bar(Foo):
def blah(self,x):
print “python, about to
do Java”
print self.stuff(x)
print “And back to
Python”
>>> b = Bar()
>>> b.blah(123)
Python, about to do Java
This is a test from Java: 123
And back to Python