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| <author email="bodewig@apache.org">Stefan Bodewig</author> |
| <author email="chuck@topsail.org">Chuck Murcko</author> |
| <title>Related Projects</title> |
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| <section name="Related Projects"> |
| |
| <p>Nothing listed here is directly supported by the BSF |
| developers. If you encounter any problems with them, please use |
| the contact information. Failing that, a query to the bsf-users |
| mailing list may help.</p> |
| |
| <subsection name="BeanShell"> |
| <p> |
| "BeanShell is a small, free, embeddable, Java source interpreter |
| with object scripting language features, written in Java. BeanShell |
| executes standard Java statements and expressions, in addition to |
| obvious scripting commands and syntax. BeanShell supports scripted |
| objects as simple method closures like those in Perl and |
| JavaScript(tm)." |
| </p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Compatibility:</th> |
| <td>BSF 2.2 and above</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.beanshell.org/">http://www.beanshell.org/</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Contact:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.beanshell.org/contact.html">project mailing lists</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>License:</th> |
| <td>Dual Licensed: Sun Public License / Gnu Lesser Public License</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| |
| <subsection name="Groovy"> |
| <p> |
| "Groovy is a powerful scripting language for the JVM which compiles down to Java bytecode and implements |
| various high level features for Java developers such as dynamic typing, powerful closures for neat object navigation, |
| native syntax for Maps and Lists, operator overloading, new extended JDK methods, AOP hooks and auto-boxing. |
| Groovy also features a markup language for working with structured data (XML, DOM, SAX, Ant tasks, Swing etc). |
| " |
| </p> |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Compatibility:</th> |
| <td>BSF 2.3 and above</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://groovy.codehaus.org/">http://groovy.codehaus.org/</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Contact:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://groovy.codehaus.org/mail-lists.html">Mailing lists</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>License:</th> |
| <td>BSD (Apache-like) License</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| |
| <subsection name="JavaScript/Rhino"> |
| <p> |
| "JavaScript/Rhino is an open-source implementation of JavaScript written |
| entirely in Java. It is typically embedded into Java applications |
| to provide scripting to end users." |
| </p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Compatibility:</th> |
| <td>Rhino 1.5.1-1.5.3, with BSF 2.3 and above</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/">http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Contact:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.mozilla.org/rhino/help.html">Rhino Contact Page</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>License:</th> |
| <td>Mozilla Public License, version 1.1</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| |
| <subsection name="Jacl"> |
| <p> |
| "Jacl, which stands for Java Command Language, is a Java implementation |
| of TCL 8.x." |
| </p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Compatibility:</th> |
| <td>Jacl 1.2.6, with BSF 2.2 and above</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://tcl.activestate.com/software/java/">http://tcl.activestate.com/software/java/</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Contact:</th> |
| <td><a href ="http://tcljava.sourceforge.net/docs/website/mail.html">Tcl/Java Mailing Lists</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>License:</th> |
| <td>Sun, ORO, and UCB licenses (see source)</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| |
| <subsection name="JudoScript"> |
| <p> |
| "Judoscript is a 3GL-and-4GL; it retains 3GL's powerful |
| programmability, and extends its reach into many of today's popular |
| applications areas with 4GL approach (figuratively, "WYSIWYG |
| programming"), making their uses easy, effective and elegant." |
| </p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Compatibility:</th> |
| <td>BSF 2.2 and above</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.judoscript.com/">http://www.judoscript.com/</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Contact:</th> |
| <td><a href="mailto:judoscript@hotmail.com">James Huang</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>License:</th> |
| <td>LGPL</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| |
| <subsection name="JRuby"> |
| <p> |
| "JRuby is a pure Java implementation of the Ruby interpreter, |
| being developed by Jan Arne Petersen and others." |
| </p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Compatibility:</th> |
| <td>BSF 2.2 and above</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://jruby.sourceforge.net/">http://jruby.sourceforge.net/</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Contact:</th> |
| <td><a href="mailto:jpeterson@uni-bonn.de">Jan Arne Petersen</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>License:</th> |
| <td>dual GPL/LGPL</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| |
| <subsection name="Jython"> |
| <p> |
| "Jython is an implementation of the high-level, dynamic, |
| object-oriented language Python written in 100% Pure Java, and |
| seamlessly integrated with the Java platform. It thus allows you |
| to run Python on any Java platform." |
| </p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Compatibility:</th> |
| <td>Jython 2.1, with BSF 2.2 and above</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.jython.org/">http://www.jython.org/</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Contact:</th> |
| <td><a href ="http://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=12867">Jython Mailing lists</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>License:</th> |
| <td>Jython Software License</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="NetRexx"> |
| <p> |
| "NetRexx is a <i>human-oriented</i> programming language which makes |
| writing and using Java classes quicker and easier than writing in |
| Java." |
| </p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Compatibility:</th> |
| <td>NetRexx 2.0.2, with BSF 2.2 and above</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/netrexx/">http://www2.hursley.ibm.com/netrexx/</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Contact:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www-306.ibm.com/software/awdtools/netrexx/mailinglist.html">NetRexx 2 mailing list</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>License:</th> |
| <td>IBM License Agreement for IBM Employee-Written Software</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="ObjectRexx/Rexx"> |
| <p> |
| "Open Object Rexx (ooRexx, <a href="http://www.ooRexx.org">http://www.ooRexx.org</a>) is a free |
| and opensource language, which was originally developed by IBM, and made available for opensourcing and further |
| developing it. |
| <br></br> |
| |
| The non-profit SIG Rexx Language Association (<a href="http://www.RexxLA.org">http://www.RexxLA.org</a>) |
| received the source code from IBM at the end of 2004 and released an opensource version |
| to the community in the spring of 2005. |
| |
| <br></br><a href="http://wi.wu-wien.ac.at/rgf/rexx/bsf4rexx/current/">The BSF engine for Rexx (BSF4Rexx) </a> comes with an ooRexx wrapper |
| program (BSF.CLS) which camouflages Java as ooRexx, easying programming |
| considerably (e.g. no need for type information/casting)." |
| </p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Compatibility:</th> |
| <td>BSF 2.3 and above</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL (ooRexx):</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.ooRexx.org/">http://www.ooRexx.org/</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL (BSF4Rexx, temporary):</th> |
| <td><a href="http://wi.wu-wien.ac.at/rgf/rexx/bsf4rexx/current/">http://wi.wu-wien.ac.at/rgf/rexx/bsf4rexx/current/ (temporary)</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL (BSF4Rexx, planned home):</th> |
| <td><a href="http://bsf4rexx.sourceforge.net/">http://bsf4rexx.sourceforge.net (starting at the end of April 2006)</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Contact (ooRexx):</th> |
| <td><a href="mailto:president@rexxla.org">Ulf Dittmer</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Contact (BSF4Rexx):</th> |
| <td><a href="mailto:ronyf@apache.org">Ulf Dittmer</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>License:</th> |
| <td>ooRexx: IBM's opensource license CPL v 1.0 |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>License:</th> |
| <td>BSF4Rexx: Apache v2.0 |
| </td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| |
| <subsection name="ObjectScript"> |
| <p> |
| "ObjectScript is a general purpose object-oriented programming language. It is designed to |
| be simple to learn, easy to use, yet still powerful, combining the convenience of an |
| interactive interpreter with many of the features of Java, plus operator overloading, |
| regular expressions, closures, XML-RPC support, etc. And a behind the scenes compiler |
| compiles script code to JVM bytecode for faster execution." |
| </p> |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Compatibility:</th> |
| <td>BSF 2.3 and above</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://objectscript.sourceforge.net/">http://objectscript.sourceforge.net/</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Contact:</th> |
| <td><a href="mailto:rob@ti.com">Rob Clark</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>License:</th> |
| <td>LGPL</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="Prolog"> |
| <p> |
| "Prolog is a logic-oriented language based on predicate calculus. While it is not |
| really a scripting language, there is a range of problems that are much easier to |
| express in it than in Java, and for these cases a Prolog BSF engine comes in handy. |
| It is also useful for adding a GUI to Prolog programs. |
| The underlying Prolog interpreter is JLog, which can be run as an applet, an application |
| or embedded through an API, and can be found at <a =href"http://sf.net/projects/jlogic/">http://sf.net/projects/jlogic/</a>." |
| </p> |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Compatibility:</th> |
| <td>BSF 2.3 and above</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://www.ulfdittmer.com/jlog/">http://www.ulfdittmer.com/jlog/</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Contact:</th> |
| <td><a href="mailto:udittmer@yahoo.com">Ulf Dittmer</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>License:</th> |
| <td>GPL (same as JLog itself)</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
| <subsection name="Xalan/XSLT"> |
| <p> |
| "Xalan-Java is an XSLT processor for transforming XML documents into |
| HTML, text, or other XML document types. It implements the W3C |
| Recommendations for XSL Transformations (XSLT) and the XML Path |
| Language (XPath). It can be used from the command line, in an applet |
| or a servlet, or as a module in other program. |
| |
| <br></br> |
| Starting with Sun's Java 1.4SE a W3C compliant set of classes for XSLT is part |
| of the runtime environment." |
| </p> |
| |
| <table> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Compatibility:</th> |
| <td>Xalan 2.2 and above (XSLT), with BSF 2.3 and above</td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>URL:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/index.html">http://xml.apache.org/xalan-j/index.html</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>Contact:</th> |
| <td><a href="http://xml.apache.org/overview.html">Apache XML Project "Get Involved" page</a></td> |
| </tr> |
| <tr> |
| <th>License:</th> |
| <td>Apache Software License</td> |
| </tr> |
| </table> |
| </subsection> |
| |
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| </section> |
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