[R] R to Java - more than one R sesion?

[Duncan Temple Lang]

Vanguelov, Krassimir wrote:
> .....
> I would like to use the opportunity to thank the omegahat developers for the
> great package and to ask them, whether it is possibles to create more than
> one R session from one Java method and keep their Global Environments
> separate? 
> 

Thanks.  Unfortunately, it is not possible to have two separate R
sessions or interpreters running within the same process.
One can create multiple instances of the Java class that
represents the R evaluator, but each of these Java objects
refer to the same R interpreter and its state.

The issue is with the global variables that R uses to implement the
interpreter. We are gradually moving towards having multiple R
interpreters and then this will allow exactly  what you want,
and also allow R to work more naturally when embedded
in a server context such as in Postgres, Apache, CORBA server, etc.
Hopefully this will happen by the end of the year.


Duncan


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