Running MATLAB function from Java
java, matlab
Solution
The trick is to use the MatlabControl class http://www.cs.virginia.edu/~whitehouse/matlab/JavaMatlab.html. It's very easy to use and you can do exactly what you're trying to do (and more).
Problem
I have an .m file in MATLAB which I would like to call from Java an get the solution as a string or whatever in Java. This sounds really simple but for some reason I can't make it work. I tried this: ``` matlab -nosplash -wait -nodesktop -r myFunction ``` but I'm not sure how I parse the answer since MATLAB opens it's own command line (in Windows). I use this, but it doesn't return anything. ``` Process p = Runtime.getRuntime().exec(commandToRun); BufferedReader stdInput = new BufferedReader(new InputStreamReader(p.getInputStream())); ``` also it seems that every time I call MATLAB it opens a separate window which is a problem because I'd like to run this many times.