compile.clj

;;
;; My outer Clojure is 1.1.0-alpha
;;

(let [loader (URLClassLoader.
              (into-array
               URL [(URL. "file:///usr/share/java/clojure-1.0.0.jar")])
              (.getParent (ClassLoader/getSystemClassLoader)))
      nested-rt (.loadClass loader "clojure.lang.RT")
      get-var (.getMethod nested-rt "var" (into-array Class [String String]))]
  (.deref (.invoke get-var nil (to-array ["clojure.core"
                                          "*clojure-version*"]))))
=> #<PersistentArrayMap {:major 1, :minor 0, :incremental 0, :qualifier ""}>