ScriptContext (Java SE 26 & JDK 26)
Description: declaration: module: java.scripting, package: javax.script, interface: ScriptContext
Keywords: javax.script.ScriptContext interface

# Interface ScriptContext

All Known Implementing Classes:
  `SimpleScriptContext`

public interface ScriptContext
The interface whose implementing classes are used to connect Script Engines with objects, such as scoped Bindings, in hosting applications. Each scope is a set of named attributes whose values can be set and retrieved using the `ScriptContext` methods. ScriptContexts also expose Readers and Writers that can be used by the ScriptEngines for input and output.

Since:
  1.6

- ## Field Summary

  Fields
  Modifier and Type
  Field
  Description
  `static final int`
  `ENGINE_SCOPE`
  EngineScope attributes are visible during the lifetime of a single `ScriptEngine` and a set of attributes is maintained for each engine.
  `static final int`
  `GLOBAL_SCOPE`
  GlobalScope attributes are visible to all engines created by same ScriptEngineFactory.

- ## Method Summary

  Modifier and Type
  Method
  Description
  `Object`
  `getAttribute(String name)`
  Retrieves the value of the attribute with the given name in the scope occurring earliest in the search order.
  `Object`
  `getAttribute(String name, int scope)`
  Gets the value of an attribute in a given scope.
  `int`
  `getAttributesScope(String name)`
  Get the lowest scope in which an attribute is defined.
  `Bindings`
  `getBindings(int scope)`
  Gets the `Bindings` associated with the given scope in this `ScriptContext`.
  `Writer`
  `getErrorWriter()`
  Returns the `Writer` used to display error output.
  `Reader`
  `getReader()`
  Returns a `Reader` to be used by the script to read input.
  `List<Integer>`
  `getScopes()`
  Returns immutable `List` of all the valid values for scope in the ScriptContext.
  `Writer`
  `getWriter()`
  Returns the `Writer` for scripts to use when displaying output.
  `Object`
  `removeAttribute(String name, int scope)`
  Remove an attribute in a given scope.
  `void`
  `setAttribute(String name, Object value, int scope)`
  Sets the value of an attribute in a given scope.
  `void`
  `setBindings(Bindings bindings, int scope)`
  Associates a `Bindings` instance with a particular scope in this `ScriptContext`.
  `void`
  `setErrorWriter(Writer writer)`
  Sets the `Writer` used to display error output.
  `void`
  `setReader(Reader reader)`
  Sets the `Reader` for scripts to read input .
  `void`
  `setWriter(Writer writer)`
  Sets the `Writer` for scripts to use when displaying output.

- ## Field Details

  - ### ENGINE_SCOPE

    static final int ENGINE_SCOPE
    EngineScope attributes are visible during the lifetime of a single `ScriptEngine` and a set of attributes is maintained for each engine.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

  - ### GLOBAL_SCOPE

    static final int GLOBAL_SCOPE
    GlobalScope attributes are visible to all engines created by same ScriptEngineFactory.
    See Also:
      - Constant Field Values

- ## Method Details

  - ### setBindings

    void setBindings(Bindings bindings, int scope)
    Associates a `Bindings` instance with a particular scope in this `ScriptContext`. Calls to the `getAttribute` and `setAttribute` methods must map to the `get` and `put` methods of the `Bindings` for the specified scope.
    Parameters:
      `bindings` - The `Bindings` to associate with the given scope
      `scope` - The scope
    Throws:
      `IllegalArgumentException` - If no `Bindings` is defined for the specified scope value in ScriptContexts of this type.
      `NullPointerException` - if value of scope is `ENGINE_SCOPE` and the specified `Bindings` is null.

  - ### getBindings

    Bindings getBindings(int scope)
    Gets the `Bindings` associated with the given scope in this `ScriptContext`.
    Parameters:
      `scope` - The scope
    Returns:
      The associated `Bindings`. Returns `null` if it has not been set.
    Throws:
      `IllegalArgumentException` - If no `Bindings` is defined for the specified scope value in `ScriptContext` of this type.

  - ### setAttribute

    void setAttribute(String name, Object value, int scope)
    Sets the value of an attribute in a given scope. If the scope is `GLOBAL_SCOPE` and no Bindings is set for `GLOBAL_SCOPE`, then setAttribute call is a no-op.
    Parameters:
      `name` - The name of the attribute to set
      `value` - The value of the attribute
      `scope` - The scope in which to set the attribute
    Throws:
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the name is empty or if the scope is invalid.
      `NullPointerException` - if the name is null.

  - ### getAttribute

    Object getAttribute(String name, int scope)
    Gets the value of an attribute in a given scope.
    Parameters:
      `name` - The name of the attribute to retrieve.
      `scope` - The scope in which to retrieve the attribute.
    Returns:
      The value of the attribute. Returns `null` is the name does not exist in the given scope.
    Throws:
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the name is empty or if the value of scope is invalid.
      `NullPointerException` - if the name is null.

  - ### removeAttribute

    Object removeAttribute(String name, int scope)
    Remove an attribute in a given scope.
    Parameters:
      `name` - The name of the attribute to remove
      `scope` - The scope in which to remove the attribute
    Returns:
      The removed value.
    Throws:
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the name is empty or if the scope is invalid.
      `NullPointerException` - if the name is null.

  - ### getAttribute

    Object getAttribute(String name)
    Retrieves the value of the attribute with the given name in the scope occurring earliest in the search order. The order is determined by the numeric value of the scope parameter (lowest scope values first.)
    Parameters:
      `name` - The name of the attribute to retrieve.
    Returns:
      The value of the attribute in the lowest scope for which an attribute with the given name is defined. Returns null if no attribute with the name exists in any scope.
    Throws:
      `NullPointerException` - if the name is null.
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if the name is empty.

  - ### getAttributesScope

    int getAttributesScope(String name)
    Get the lowest scope in which an attribute is defined.
    Parameters:
      `name` - Name of the attribute .
    Returns:
      The lowest scope. Returns -1 if no attribute with the given name is defined in any scope.
    Throws:
      `NullPointerException` - if name is null.
      `IllegalArgumentException` - if name is empty.

  - ### getWriter

    Writer getWriter()
    Returns the `Writer` for scripts to use when displaying output.
    Returns:
      The `Writer`.

  - ### getErrorWriter

    Writer getErrorWriter()
    Returns the `Writer` used to display error output.
    Returns:
      The `Writer`

  - ### setWriter

    void setWriter(Writer writer)
    Sets the `Writer` for scripts to use when displaying output.
    Parameters:
      `writer` - The new `Writer`.

  - ### setErrorWriter

    void setErrorWriter(Writer writer)
    Sets the `Writer` used to display error output.
    Parameters:
      `writer` - The `Writer`.

  - ### getReader

    Reader getReader()
    Returns a `Reader` to be used by the script to read input.
    Returns:
      The `Reader`.

  - ### setReader

    void setReader(Reader reader)
    Sets the `Reader` for scripts to read input .
    Parameters:
      `reader` - The new `Reader`.

  - ### getScopes

    List<Integer> getScopes()
    Returns immutable `List` of all the valid values for scope in the ScriptContext.
    Returns:
      list of scope values