| Bean Scripting Framework (BSF) is a set of Java classes which provides |
| scripting language support within Java applications. It also provides |
| access to Java objects and methods from supported scripting languages. |
| BSF allows one to write JSPs in languages other than Java while providing |
| access to the Java class library. In addition, BSF permits any Java |
| application to be implemented in part (or dynamically extended) by a |
| language that is embedded within it. This is achieved by providing an API |
| that permits calling scripting language engines from within Java, as well |
| as an object registry that exposes Java objects to these scripting language |
| engines. |
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| BSF supports several scripting languages currently: |
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| * Javascript (using Rhino ECMAScript, from the Mozilla project) |
| * Python (using either Jython or JPython) |
| * Tcl (using Jacl) |
| * NetRexx (an extension of the IBM REXX scripting language in Java) |
| * XSLT Stylesheets (as a component of Apache XML project's Xalan and Xerces) |
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| In addition, the following languages are supported with their own BSF engines: |
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| * Java (using BeanShell, from the BeanShell project) |
| * JRuby |
| * JudoScript |
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| Information on where to obtain scripting languages for use with BSF |
| is available on the Related Projects page at the BSF web site |
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| http://jakarta.apache.org/bsf/index.html |
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