gistfile1.txt

diff --git a/src/org/jruby/management/Runtime.java b/src/org/jruby/management/Runtime.java
index e013b43..9014e3f 100644
--- a/src/org/jruby/management/Runtime.java
+++ b/src/org/jruby/management/Runtime.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ package org.jruby.management;
 import java.lang.ref.SoftReference;
 
 import org.jruby.Ruby;
+import org.jruby.runtime.builtin.IRubyObject;
 
 public class Runtime implements RuntimeMBean {
     private final SoftReference<Ruby> ruby;
@@ -50,4 +51,23 @@ public class Runtime implements RuntimeMBean {
     public int getCallerCount() {
         return ruby.get().getCallerCount();
     }
+    
+    public String executeRuby(final String code) {
+        final IRubyObject[] result = new IRubyObject[1];
+        
+        Thread t = new Thread() {
+            @Override
+            public void run() {
+                result[0] = ruby.get().evalScriptlet(code);
+            }
+        };
+        t.start();
+        try {
+            t.join();
+        } catch (InterruptedException ie) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(ie);
+        }
+        
+        return result[0].toString();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/org/jruby/management/RuntimeMBean.java b/src/org/jruby/management/RuntimeMBean.java
index 78d3692..796476f 100644
--- a/src/org/jruby/management/RuntimeMBean.java
+++ b/src/org/jruby/management/RuntimeMBean.java
@@ -32,4 +32,5 @@ public interface RuntimeMBean {
     public int getExceptionCount();
     public int getBacktraceCount();
     public int getCallerCount();
+    public String executeRuby(String code);
 }