so i want to do two things with kotlin scripting.....

# scripting

[Nikky]

so i want to do two things with kotlin scripting..
use scripts as a more powerful configuration language loaded by my jar.. as far as i understand for that i have to use JSR scripting ?
and secondary, getting IDE support , highlighting and autocompletion in .kts files that match the classpath that would be used

for 1. i tried https://github.com/s1monw1/KtsRunner already but that does not give me 2. i think

[DALDEI]

YOu can get #2 -- mostly -- by creating a .idea project with all required dependencies then put your .kts file in src/main/kotlin

[Nikky]

okay thats cool i guess, would that be able to pick up the correct @KotlinScript annotated Script definition based on file extensions ?

[Gary Tierney]

@Nikky yes, but you still need to create a service discovery file for auto-discovery

[Gary Tierney]

like so: https://github.com/garyttierney/kotlin-scripting-example/tree/master/script-api/src/main/resources/META-INF/kotlin/script/templates

[Gary Tierney]

the compiler looks for files under kotlin/script/templates on the classpath and uses the name of those files as the FQNs of script templates

[Nikky]

well thats easy, although i'd hope there will be a gradle plugin to create those for me

[Gary Tierney]

seems like an oddly specific job for a Gradle plugin, but I suppose you could

[Gary Tierney]

it's practically the same as the java se service loading mechanism https://docs.oracle.com/javase/9/docs/api/java/util/ServiceLoader.html

[Nikky]

scripts {
   register("com.something.ClassName")
}

[Nikky]

it could also validate the annotations etc

[Gary Tierney]

yes thats a valid point

[Nikky]

now.. does this work with 1.2 or only with 1.3 ?

[Gary Tierney]

since 1.2.50

[Nikky]

yay

[Gary Tierney]

though maybe worth noting: code assistance in .kts files won't work until you have a compiled script template available. It can't use script template source code for code assistance yet.

[Gary Tierney]

so generally .kts files are all red until you've built your project once

[Nikky]

thats fine, i plan to use this from different projects, as a configuration language, the users would add this is a maven dependency, definitly compiled