Execute perl-script using java

Question

Hi All
I would like to execute a perl script (inside a java app) and retrieve its output. This java program needs this output.
Can someone give me information on how to do this ?
Thanks a lot in advance
Luca

Answer 1

Ok, solved it:
import java.lang.Runtime ;
import java.io.* ;
public class Test {
     public static void main ( String ARGV[] ) {
          Runtime r = Runtime.getRuntime() ;
          Process p = null ;
          DataInputStream dis = null ;
          String s ;
          try {
               String cmd[] = new String[1] ;
               cmd[0] = "./a.pl" ;
               p = r.exec(cmd) ;
          dis = new DataInputStream(p.getInputStream());     // create file I/O
               s = dis.readLine();     
               System.out.println("|"+s+"|") ;
               s = dis.readLine();     
               System.out.println("|"+s+"|") ;
          catch(IOException e) {}
}