Jiffle

JAI-EXT contains a map algebra language called Jiffle. Jiffle was originally developed by Michael Bedwards, and was chosen as the JAI-EXT algebra language for its performance characteristics, as the scripts are turned on the fly into Java code which is then bytecode compiled into executable Java code. This allows to use the convenience of scripting, while still getting a performance level close to hand-crafted Java code.

• Introduction to the language
• Jiffle language summary
• Jiffle runtime
• Jiffle coordinate transformations