AppleScript from Java on Mac OS X 10.6?

Question

To call AppleScript from Python, I use the "appscript" bridge:

http://appscript.sourceforge.net/

What can I use to call AppleScript from Java on Mac OS X 10.6+?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 07 '12 at 14:26

Here's an approach that works for me for Java on Mac OS X 10.6+. This example script fetches the creation date of the current folder:

import javax.script.ScriptEngine;
import javax.script.ScriptEngineManager;
import javax.script.ScriptException;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.GregorianCalendar;

public class ScratchSpace {

    public static void main(String[] args) throws ScriptException {
        System.out.println("creationDate = " + getFileCreationDate(new File(".")));
    }

    private static Date getFileCreationDate(File file) throws ScriptException {
        final String script = "set myfile to \"" + file.getAbsolutePath() + "\"\n" +
                "set myinfo to info for myfile\n" +
                "creation date of myinfo";
        ScriptEngine scriptEngine = new ScriptEngineManager().getEngineByName("AppleScript");
        final GregorianCalendar result = (GregorianCalendar) scriptEngine.eval(script);
        return result.getTime();
    }

}

This is not an Apple event bridge like AppScript but it's the best answer I got. Thanks. — Maroloccio, Mar 21 '12 at 14:57

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 28 '11 at 18:56

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I don't know Java, but anything that can execute a command line tool can execute an AppleScript using osascript. I use it to execute AppleScripts from PHP and vim scripts.

answered May 28 '11 at 18:56

Chuck

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I am looking for an Apple event bridge like Appscript, not a "Runtime.exec()" -like workaround. Appscript in Python allows things like: app('TextEdit').documents['ReadMe'].paragraphs[1].get(). – Maroloccio May 29 '11 at 03:46

AppleScript from Java on Mac OS X 10.6?

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