Take a look at this class: https://github.com/clojure/clojure/blob/master/src/jvm/clojure/java/api/Clojure.java It was added in Clojure 1.6 exactly for this use-case, and will be quite fast, especially if you store the vars somewhere and only look them up once.
Timothy On Sun, May 1, 2016 at 6:28 PM, Patrick Martin <prof.pmarti...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am working on a Clojure/Java stack, where the Java layer uses Vert.x to > manage a collection of embedded computers and the Clojure layer would allow > interaction with this system dynamically. I am designing a Clojure DSL that > would allow a user to load new functions and deploy them live into the Java > framework. My current design is to push a Clojure function string into the > Java layer and use the guidance from this post to execute: > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/2181774/calling-clojure-from-java/23555959#23555959 > > Here is a gist example based on that thread: > https://gist.github.com/anonymous/f443b7acb1fcd6b1acf816a25f917ccd > > Since the S.O. thread was from 2014, I was curious if there might be > newer/better ways to do this operation. > > Thanks in advance for any guidance or thoughts! > > ps: I will not call Vertx directly as I already have a Java codebase that > wraps the functionality I need. I am really interested in dynamically > creating and running new functions by leveraging Clojure on top of this > Java framework. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with > your first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- “One of the main causes of the fall of the Roman Empire was that–lacking zero–they had no way to indicate successful termination of their C programs.” (Robert Firth) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
