Lua scripting support in Java

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  • luajava

    LuaJava is a scripting tool for Java. The goal of this tool is to allow scripts written in Lua to manipulate components developed in Java. LuaJava allows Java components to be accessed from Lua using the same syntax that is used for accessing Lua`s native objects, without any need for declarations or any kind of preprocessing. LuaJava also allows Java to implement an interface using Lua. This way any interface can be implemented in Lua and passed as parameter to any method, and when called, the

  • I've found a few options for libraries that make this possible, notably LuaJava, LuaJ, JLua, and jLuaScript, but I'm having a tough time setting them up and getting them to work.

  • luaj

    Lightweight, fast, Java-centric Lua interpreter written for JME and JSE, with string, table, package, math, io, os, debug, coroutine & luajava libraries, JSR-223 bindings, all metatags, weak tables and unique direct lua-to-java-bytecode compiling.

  • I've found a few options for libraries that make this possible, notably LuaJava, LuaJ, JLua, and jLuaScript, but I'm having a tough time setting them up and getting them to work.

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  • JLua

    JLua is a scripting tool for Java. JLua is a fork of LuaJava. It includes many bug fixes and new features.

  • I've found a few options for libraries that make this possible, notably LuaJava, LuaJ, JLua, and jLuaScript, but I'm having a tough time setting them up and getting them to work.

  • I've found a few options for libraries that make this possible, notably LuaJava, LuaJ, JLua, and jLuaScript, but I'm having a tough time setting them up and getting them to work.

  • luajava

    Lua for Java on Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android. 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4 or LuaJIT. (by gudzpoz)

  • I see that there is a fork of LuaJava. Last update about a month ago. Have you looked at this? https://github.com/gudzpoz/luajava

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