The Bean Scripting Framework is a method of allowing the use of
scripting
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* Script (styles of handwriting)
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in
Java
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code. It provides a set of Java
classes which provides support within Java applications for scripting languages, and also allows access to Java
objects and
methods. Some examples of languages that can be used in combination with BSF and Java include
Python,
Jython
Jython is an implementation of the Python programming language designed to run on the Java platform. The implementation was formerly known as JPython until 1999.
Overview
Jython programs can import and use any Java class. Except for some stand ...
and
Tcl, as well as
JRuby
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and
Apache Groovy using their own libraries.
BSF was created by
IBM, and then donated to the
Apache Software Foundation, where work on BSF is part of the Apache
Jakarta Project.
A counterpart of BSF is the
JSR223 Scripting for the Java Platform is a framework for embedding scripts into Java source code.
There is no requirement for a given Java virtual machine (JVM) to include any engines by default, but the Oracle JVM (Java 6 and later) includes a JavaScr ...
ScriptEngine shipped with
Java SE 6
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. Java SE 6 only includes a Script Engine based on
Rhino JavaScript Engine for Java version 1.6R2, while
JSR223 Scripting for the Java Platform is a framework for embedding scripts into Java source code.
There is no requirement for a given Java virtual machine (JVM) to include any engines by default, but the Oracle JVM (Java 6 and later) includes a JavaScr ...
framework actually supports a number of scripting languages.
JSR223 Scripting for the Java Platform is a framework for embedding scripts into Java source code.
There is no requirement for a given Java virtual machine (JVM) to include any engines by default, but the Oracle JVM (Java 6 and later) includes a JavaScr ...
uses Script Engine to integrate scripts with Java source codes. So far, Script Engines included in the
JSR223 Scripting for the Java Platform is a framework for embedding scripts into Java source code.
There is no requirement for a given Java virtual machine (JVM) to include any engines by default, but the Oracle JVM (Java 6 and later) includes a JavaScr ...
include
BeanShell,
Jython
Jython is an implementation of the Python programming language designed to run on the Java platform. The implementation was formerly known as JPython until 1999.
Overview
Jython programs can import and use any Java class. Except for some stand ...
,
JRuby
JRuby is an implementation of the Ruby programming language atop the Java Virtual Machine, written largely in Java. It is free software released under a three-way EPL/ GPL/ LGPL license. JRuby is tightly integrated with Java to allow the embeddi ...
,
JavaScript
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,
Groovy
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History
The ...
and several others.
See also
*
JRuby
JRuby is an implementation of the Ruby programming language atop the Java Virtual Machine, written largely in Java. It is free software released under a three-way EPL/ GPL/ LGPL license. JRuby is tightly integrated with Java to allow the embeddi ...
- Java implementation of Ruby interpreter.
*
Jython
Jython is an implementation of the Python programming language designed to run on the Java platform. The implementation was formerly known as JPython until 1999.
Overview
Jython programs can import and use any Java class. Except for some stand ...
- Java implementation of Python programming language.
*
BeanShell - Java interpreter for Java source codes
*
JSR223 Scripting for the Java Platform is a framework for embedding scripts into Java source code.
There is no requirement for a given Java virtual machine (JVM) to include any engines by default, but the Oracle JVM (Java 6 and later) includes a JavaScr ...
- JSR223: Scripting for the JavaTM platform
References
Bibliography
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External links
Apache Jakarta - Bean Scripting FrameworkIBM - Bean Scripting Framework
Java (programming language)
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