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+/*
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+ */
+
+import javax.script.*;
+import java.util.function.*;
+
+// example demonstrating that arbitrary Lambda can be called as function from script
+
+public class LambdaAsFunc {
+    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
+        ScriptEngineManager m = new ScriptEngineManager();
+        ScriptEngine e = m.getEngineByName("nashorn");
+
+        // expose a lambda as top-level script function
+        e.put("upper", (Function<String, String>) String::toUpperCase);
+
+        // call lambda as though it is a normal script function
+        System.out.println(e.eval("upper('hello')"));
+    }
+}