The basic idea behind Rhinodo is to enable running 'node.js' modules in the JVM. So it can be said that it's a compatibility layer that allows you to run 'node' using Mozilla's 'rhino' Javascript implementation. So, it can be said that Rhinodo is to Node what JRuby is to Ruby.
In order to build, execute the following command:
mvn clean install
Once build just set the RHINODO_HOME variable to where the uberjar can be found. Usually, that would be you target folder.
export RHINODO_HOME='path/to/rhinodo/target'And after that just run:
./rhinodoIn case you want to connect to it for remote debuggig, you can use:
./rhinodo-debugand point your IDE to port 5555.
Currently, the modules are created on demand as we need them. Most of the functions in the fs module had been implemented. Also, vm and path module are pretty complete too.
Some native modules are implemented using Java, others using Javascript.
A queue is used to keep track of all the callback functions that need to be executed. When the queue is empty the program has ended as there is no more code to execute :)
The idea is that in a near future all the necessary .js files will be obtained from the official node repo.
In order to do that, the plan to add the repository as a Git submodule (it won't be an easy task). Once the node
repo is embedded, it can be used to run node.js tests.
##Misc
Alberto Pose (@thepose)
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Happy hacking!