quick interpreter for nescala

interpreter.scala

package necsala.embedded

import scala.tools.nsc.interpreter.AbstractFileClassLoader
import scala.tools.nsc.{Global, Settings}
import scala.tools.nsc.util.BatchSourceFile
import scala.tools.nsc.io.{AbstractFile, VirtualDirectory}
import java.io.File
import java.util.jar.JarFile
import java.net.URLClassLoader

class Interpreter private () {

  /** Evaluate a string of Scala source. Apart from compiler execution all bets are off. */
  def evaluate[A](code: String): A = {
    val (name, prepared) = asInterpreterClass(code)
    val compiler = new global.Run
    compiler.compileSources(List(new BatchSourceFile("<text>", prepared)))
    try {
      val clazz = classLoader.loadClass(name)
      val instance = clazz.newInstance()
      val f0Any = instance.asInstanceOf[() => Any]
      f0Any().asInstanceOf[A]
    } catch {
      case e => throw e //TODO coherent exception
    }
  }

  /** Given raw source, generate a complete class as a subtype of () => Any. */
  private def asInterpreterClass(source: String): (String, String) = {
    val name = "Interpreted_%s" format (math.abs(scala.util.Random.nextLong))
    name -> ("class %s extends (() => Any) { def apply() = { %s }}" format (name, source))
  }
  
  private val target = new VirtualDirectory("<memory>", None)
  
  private val classLoader = new AbstractFileClassLoader(target, this.getClass.getClassLoader)
  
  private val settings = {
    val s = new Settings() 
    s.outputDirs.setSingleOutput(target)
    s.usejavacp.value = true
    s
  }
  
  private val global = new Global(settings /*, reporter*/ )
  
}

object Interpreter {

  /** Create a new interpreter with the current classpath. */
  def local = new Interpreter
  
}