Why is there a need for a one-to-one correspondence between Java and Scala features? In any case, you can call Clojure code just fine from Java. Of course, the API won&#x27;t look like one a Java programmer would&#x27;ve designed, but that&#x27;s okay - Clojure isn&#x27;t trying to be Java. It&#x27;s trying to leverage the JVM environment.