On Thu, Nov 5, 2009 at 10:10 AM, dusan lukic paracentije@gmail.com wrote:

Hi all,

with your help, I managed to create abcl.jar file, and now I need some basic knowledge of using it. I would like to know how to compile Lisp code (in a form of String or text file) and call it from Java code. I would also like to get some basic idea of which classes are defined in the abcl.jar file, and what is their purpose and what can I do with them. Furthermore, I would like to obtain some abcl help (it can be online, too), which contain descriptions of abcl classes and their methods, fields, stuff like that.

Can anyone point me to some documentation or give some guidelines? Thaks.

There's some documentation on the abcl wiki: http://trac.common-lisp.net/armedbear/wiki/ Most of it is about implementation details, but under http://trac.common-lisp.net/armedbear/wiki/JavaScriptingAPI you can find an introduction on using abcl from Java through jsr-223, which provides a standard interface to load and compile code, among other things.

There are also some examples in the sources: http://trac.common-lisp.net/armedbear/browser/trunk/abcl/examples

The classes defined in abcl.jar are many; imho it's better if you say what you want to do specifically, and we'll help you on those specific points.

Happy hacking, Alessio