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Bean Scripting Framework
Developer(s) Apache Software Foundation
Stable release 2.4.0 / October 6, 2006
Preview release 3.0 Beta3 / April 5, 2009
Development status Active
Written in Java
Operating system Cross-platform
Type Script Engine
License Apache License 2.0
Website http:/ / jakarta. apache. org/ bsf
The Bean Scripting Framework is a method of allowing the use of scripting in Java 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, Tcl, as well as JRuby, and 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 ScriptEngine shipped with Java SE 6. Java SE 6 only includes a Script Engine
based on Rhino JavaScript Engine for Java version 1.6R2, while JSR223 framework actually supports a number of
scripting languages. JSR223 uses Script Engine to integrate scripts with Java source codes. So far, Script Engines
included in the JSR223 include BeanShell, Jython, JRuby, JavaScript, Groovy and several others.
Bibliography
• Bosanac, Dejan (August 19, 2007), Scripting in Java: Languages, Frameworks, and Patterns [1] (1st ed.),
Addison-Wesley Professional, pp. 552, ISBN 978-0321321930
See also
• JRuby - Java implementation of Ruby interpreter.
• Jython - Java implementation of Python programming language.
• BeanShell - Java interpreter for Java source codes
• JSR223 - JSR223: Scripting for the JavaTM platform