Introduction to the Python programming language

3.2. Jython - Java and Python - in one!

• Python integration in Java
• you can use Jython to provide Python scripting functionality to your Java app
• you can mix Python and Java and make your application development more rapid
• example Jython session (taken from jython.org):
  

  C:\jython>jython
  Jython 2.0 on java1.2.1
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  >>> from java.util import Random
  >>> r = Random()
  >>> r.nextInt()
  -790940041
  >>> for i in range(5):
  ...     print r.nextDouble()
  ...
  0.23347681506123852
  0.8526595592189546
  0.3647833839988137
  0.3384865260567278
  0.5514469740469587
  >>>