RunnableImpl.java

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import javax.script.Invocable;
import javax.script.ScriptEngine;
import javax.script.ScriptEngineManager;

@SuppressWarnings("javadoc")
public class RunnableImpl {
    public static void main(final String[] args) throws Exception {
        final ScriptEngineManager manager = new ScriptEngineManager();
        final ScriptEngine engine = manager.getEngineByName("nashorn");

        // JavaScript code in a String
        final String script = "function run() { print('run called'); }";

        // evaluate script
        engine.eval(script);

        final Invocable inv = (Invocable) engine;

        // get Runnable interface object from engine. This interface methods
        // are implemented by script functions with the matching name.
        final Runnable r = inv.getInterface(Runnable.class);

        // start a new thread that runs the script implemented
        // runnable interface
        final Thread th = new Thread(r);
        th.start();
        th.join();
    }
}