Java method to run code from string

[jforce93]

I know that this sounds a little weird, but is there anyway to take a string that is a string of java code, and run it. like if I had the string Program and it had the contents:

import java.util.Scanner;

public class Main {


public static void main(String[] args) {

System.out.println("What is your name?");
Scanner in = new Scanner(System.in);
String str = in.nextLine();



}



}

and then i wanted to run the code within the string, is that possible? If so how would I do that? thanks!

[pbrockway2]

There are lots of scripting languages for Java. If you want the string to be executed as Java code then BeanShell could do what you want.

[jforce93]

that looks interesting... I will take a look at it (: