gistfile1.java

import javax.script.*;
import java.io.FileNotFoundException;
import java.io.FileReader;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws FileNotFoundException, ScriptException {
        // Setup various objects
        ScriptEngineManager engineManager = new ScriptEngineManager();
        ScriptEngine applescript = engineManager.getEngineByName("AppleScript");
        String testFile = "test.applescript";
        String testString = "Hello From Java!";

        System.out.println("Running the Script");
        // javax_script_function is the entry point function that gets called in our script
        // i.e. it's the main
        applescript.put("javax_script_function", "growlNotification");

        // Need a List to pass multiple arguments into the script
        List<String> l = new ArrayList<String>();
        l.add("Java");
        l.add(testString);

        // Passing arguments into the script
        applescript.put(javax.script.ScriptEngine.ARGV, l);

        // Now evaluate the script.
        Object o = applescript.eval(new FileReader(testFile));
        System.out.println("Output: " + o);
    }
}