binary results from beanshell?

I am giving serious thought to writing a java database layer for use
in Common Lisp applications, since there is no really good DBI written
in Common Lisp (one that supports callable statements would be a
start).  The one program I know of that features lisp interaction with
java is JDEE.  I am beginning to look at the JDEE source code to see
how it all works.

I have 2 questions that will influence how I look at the JDEE source:

- Can lisp retrieve binary results from a java call in the JDEE
   implementation?

- Is the beansheel stateful?  If I fire up a pool of connections, will
   they persist?

Thanks,
Carlos Konstanski

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