J/Link User Guide
Pages: 479, b&w
ISBN: 978-1-57955-071-4
Year: 2008
PRINT VERSION:
$ 19.95
J/Link integrates Mathematica and Java. J/Link lets
you call Java from Mathematica in a completely transparent way, and it
also lets you use and control the Mathematica kernel from a Java
program. For Mathematica users, J/Link makes the whole universe of
existing and future Java classes an automatic extension to the
Mathematica environment. For Java programmers, J/Link turns Mathematica
into a scripting shell that lets you experiment with, build, and test
Java classes a line at a time. It also makes Java the ideal language for
writing programs that use the computational services of Mathematica.
J/Link's most unique feature is that it lets you load arbitrary Java
classes into Mathematica and then create Java objects, call methods, and
access fields directly from the Mathematica language. Thus, you can use
Mathematica to "script" the functionality of an arbitrary Java
program--in effect, writing a Java program in Mathematica. Essentially
anything you can do from Java you can now do from Mathematica, perhaps
even more easily because you are working in a true interpreted environment.
Introduction to J/Link | Calling Java from Mathematica | Writing Java
Programs That Use Mathematica
