Calling robot keywords from java libraries

[cjp]

Is there a way to call keywords from Java code that is implementing a library... 

In python, I'd just do:

from robot.libraries.BuiltIn import BuiltIn

BuiltIn().run_keyword(...)

What would be the equivalent for library implemented in java?

 

[Bassam Khouri]

I don't think it's possible since robot framework is written in python.  the reason why Java can be used with robot framework is due to Jython.  it supports Java class and jython.

Others can correct me if I said something incorrect.

[Kevin O.]

It would look similar to this:

https://github.com/MarkusBernhardt/robotframework-selenium2library-java/blob/7d57f2f5bb27571ecccccab900392ccc5ff03544/src/main/java/com/github/markusbernhardt/selenium2library/Selenium2Library.java#L525

public static Selenium2Library getLibraryInstance() throws ScriptException {

ScriptEngine engine = new ScriptEngineManager().getEngineByName("python");

engine.put("library", "Selenium2Library");

engine.eval("from robot.libraries.BuiltIn import BuiltIn");

engine.eval("instance = BuiltIn().get_library_instance(library)");

return (Selenium2Library) engine.get("instance");

[Olivier Mireault]

Run a remote server. We use Sikuli (Java) with Robotframework. 

https://github.com/robotframework/RemoteInterface

[cjp]

On Monday, September 25, 2017 at 6:39:09 PM UTC-4, Olivier Mireault wrote:

Run a remote server. We use Sikuli (Java) with Robotframework. 

https://github.com/robotframework/RemoteInterface

I'm familiar with the remote server, but how does that help you call builtin (or other library) keywords from your java code. Also I'm fine w/ running the jython version of rf. 

The constraint is more that I need to stay in java (not jython/python) for all keyword implementation and that seems to be raising important limitations, and without having entry points in org.robotframework.Robotframework (java internal api) that match up the python robot.* internal apis, I'm not sure how to work around them.

[Cyril Santune]

Hi,

I try to use the remote server with java, but the question is still opened, how can I call robotframework keywords from java ?

I try the SriptEngine describe above but it fails.

Is there any new way to do this ? Or a complete working example ?

Thanks,

Cyril