Starting a clojure repl from java

repl_in_java.md

Clojure REPL in java

Dependencies

<dependencies>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
    <artifactId>clojure</artifactId>
    <version>1.8.0</version>
  </dependency>
  <dependency>
    <groupId>org.clojure</groupId>
    <artifactId>tools.nrepl</artifactId>
    <version>0.2.12</version>
  </dependency>
</dependencies>

Java code

public static void main(String[] args){
    IFn require = Clojure.var("clojure.core", "require");
    require.invoke(Clojure.read("clojure.tools.nrepl.server"));
    IFn server = Clojure.var("clojure.tools.nrepl.server","start-server");
    server.invoke(Clojure.read(":port"), Clojure.read("8083"));
}

Connecting to repl

lein repl :connect localhost:8083