This is a simplified version of the main-kts script support, distributed with the Kotlin compiler.
Simplifications mostly related to the removal of the JSR-223 support, since it uses non-public API. In the future, when a public API will become available, the support could be added back. Also the packaging into a singe jar is not implemented.
The purpose of the simple-main-kts (as well as the original main-kts) is to allow writing simple but extendable
utility scripts for the usage in the command line, replacing the simple Kotlin programs with main function (hence
the main in its name).
The script definition implementation demonstrates many aspects of the script definition functionality and scripting API usage, in particular:
- refinement of the compilation configuration with the parameters passed to the annotations
- dynamic script dependencies resolved via ivy library
- import scripts with the possibility of sharing instances (diamond-shaped import)
- compilation cache, where cached compiled scripts are saved as executable jars
- discovery file configuration, that could be used with IntelliJ IDEA and command-line compiler
and others.
The original implementation of the kotlin-main-kts contains all the dependencies in the single jar, that simplify
the usage in the command line. This simplified version does not implement it, therefore all dependencies should be
specified explicitly in the command line, to use it with the kotlinc.