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Nashorn is a JS engine for Java. It shipped with Java distributions starting with Java 8 and was eventually removed in Java 15. The project was spun off and a compatible standalone release is available for Java 15+.

SheetJS is a JavaScript library for reading and writing data from spreadsheets.

The "Complete Example" section includes a complete Java command-line tool for reading data from spreadsheets and printing CSV rows.

Integration Details

Initialize Nashorn

Nashorn does not provide a global variable. It must be created:

import javax.script.ScriptEngine;
import javax.script.ScriptEngineManager;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.Scanner;

/* initialize nashorn engine */
ScriptEngine engine = (new ScriptEngineManager()).getEngineByName("javascript");

/* create global */
// highlight-next-line
engine.eval("var global = (function(){ return this; }).call(null);");

Load SheetJS Scripts

The SheetJS Standalone scripts can be parsed and evaluated in a Nashorn context.

The main library can be loaded by reading the script from the file system and evaluating in the Nashorn context:

engine.eval(new Scanner(
  SheetJS.class.getResourceAsStream("/xlsx.full.min.js")
).useDelimiter("\\Z").next());

To confirm the library is loaded, XLSX.version can be printed using the Nashorn print built-in:

engine.eval("print('SheetJS Version ' + XLSX.version);");

Reading Files

Nashorn does not properly project byte[] into a JS array or Int8Array. The recommended workaround is to copy the data in the JS context using the JS code:

function b2a(b) {
  var out = typeof Uint8Array == 'function' ? new Uint8Array(b.length) : new Array(b.length);
  /* `b` is similar to Int8Array (values in the range -128 .. 127 ) */
  for(var i = 0; i < out.length; i++) out[i] = (b[i] + 256) & 0xFF;
  return out;
}

This function should be embedded in the Java code:

/* read spreadsheet bytes */
engine.put("bytes", Files.readAllBytes(Paths.get(args[0])));

/* convert signed byte array to JS Uint8Array or unsigned byte array */
engine.eval(
  "function b2a(b) {" +
    "var out = typeof Uint8Array == 'function' ? new Uint8Array(b.length) : new Array(b.length);" +
    "for(var i = 0; i < out.length; i++) out[i] = b[i] & 0xFF;" +
    "return out;" +
  "}" +
  "var u8a = b2a(bytes)"
);

/* parse workbook */
engine.eval("var wb = XLSX.read(u8a, {type: 'array'})");

Complete Example

:::note Tested Deployments

This demo was tested in the following deployments:

OpenJDK	Nashorn	Date
23.0.1	15.4 standalone	2024-12-17
22.0.2	15.4 standalone	2024-12-17
21.0.5	15.4 standalone	2024-12-17
20.0.2	15.4 standalone	2024-12-17
19.0.2	15.4 standalone	2024-12-17
18.0.2	15.4 standalone	2024-12-17
17.0.13	15.4 standalone	2024-12-17
16.0.1	15.4 standalone	2024-12-17
15.0.10	15.4 standalone	2024-12-17
14.0.2	Built-in	2024-12-17
13.0.14	Built-in	2024-12-17
12.0.2	Built-in	2024-12-17
11.0.25	Built-in	2024-12-17
10.0.2	Built-in	2024-12-17
9	Built-in	2024-12-17
1.8.0	Built-in	2024-12-17

:::

Compilation

Nashorn is available without additional dependencies

0. Download Nashorn and its dependencies:

curl -L -o nashorn-core-15.4.jar "https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/openjdk/nashorn/nashorn-core/15.4/nashorn-core-15.4.jar"
curl -L -o asm-9.5.jar "https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/ow2/asm/asm/9.5/asm-9.5.jar"
curl -L -o asm-tree-9.5.jar "https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/ow2/asm/asm-tree/9.5/asm-tree-9.5.jar"
curl -L -o asm-commons-9.5.jar "https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/ow2/asm/asm-commons/9.5/asm-commons-9.5.jar"
curl -L -o asm-analysis-9.5.jar "https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/ow2/asm/asm-analysis/9.5/asm-analysis-9.5.jar"
curl -L -o asm-util-9.5.jar "https://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/ow2/asm/asm-util/9.5/asm-util-9.5.jar"

1. Download the SheetJS Standalone script, shim script and test file. Move all three files to the project directory:

• xlsx.full.min.js
• shim.min.js
• pres.xlsx

{\ curl -LO https://cdn.sheetjs.com/xlsx-${current}/package/dist/xlsx.full.min.js curl -LO https://cdn.sheetjs.com/xlsx-${current}/package/dist/shim.min.js curl -LO https://docs.sheetjs.com/pres.xlsx}

2. Download SheetJSNashorn.java:

curl -LO https://docs.sheetjs.com/nashorn/SheetJSNashorn.java

3. Build the sample class:

javac SheetJSNashorn.java

This program tries to parse the file specified by the first argument and prints CSV rows from the first worksheet.

Standalone Test

4. Run the command directly:

java SheetJSNashorn pres.xlsx

Due to Java path inconsistencies, the command depends on the operating system:

java -cp ".:asm-9.5.jar:asm-tree-9.5.jar:asm-commons-9.5.jar:asm-analysis-9.5.jar:asm-util-9.5.jar:nashorn-core-15.4.jar" SheetJSNashorn pres.xlsx

java -cp ".;asm-9.5.jar;asm-tree-9.5.jar;asm-commons-9.5.jar;asm-analysis-9.5.jar;asm-util-9.5.jar;nashorn-core-15.4.jar" SheetJSNashorn pres.xlsx

If successful, CSV rows from the first worksheet will be displayed.

Java Archive Test

5. Assemble a Java Archive:

jar -cf SheetJSNashorn.jar SheetJSNashorn.class xlsx.full.min.js shim.min.js

6. Create new directory and copy the archives and test file:

mkdir -p sheethorn
cp *.jar pres.xlsx sheethorn
cd sheethorn

7. Run the program using the Java Archive:

Due to Java path inconsistencies, the command depends on the operating system:

java -cp ".:SheetJSNashorn.jar" SheetJSNashorn pres.xlsx

java -cp ".;SheetJSNashorn.jar" SheetJSNashorn pres.xlsx

Due to Java path inconsistencies, the command depends on the operating system:

java -cp ".:asm-9.5.jar:asm-tree-9.5.jar:asm-commons-9.5.jar:asm-analysis-9.5.jar:asm-util-9.5.jar:nashorn-core-15.4.jar:SheetJSNashorn.jar" SheetJSNashorn pres.xlsx

java -cp ".;asm-9.5.jar;asm-tree-9.5.jar;asm-commons-9.5.jar;asm-analysis-9.5.jar;asm-util-9.5.jar;nashorn-core-15.4.jar;SheetJSNashorn.jar" SheetJSNashorn pres.xlsx

This should print the same CSV rows from Step 4.