Bean Scripting Framework

Bean Scripting Framework

Developer(s)	Apache Software Foundation
Stable release	2.4.0 / October 6, 2006 (2006-10-06)
Preview release	3.0 Beta3 / April 5, 2009 (2009-04-05)
Repository	github.com/apache/commons-bsf
Written in	Java
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	Script Engine
License	Apache License 2.0
Website	commons.apache.org/proper/commons-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, ooRexx and Tcl, as well as JRuby 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. It is a part of Apache Commons.

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.

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

Bibliography

• Bosanac, Dejan (August 19, 2007), Scripting in Java: Languages, Frameworks, and Patterns (1st ed.), Addison-Wesley Professional, p. 552, ISBN 978-0-321-32193-0, archived from the original on November 14, 2011, retrieved September 4, 2009

External links

• Official website
• IBM - Bean Scripting Framework Archived 2011-05-22 at the Wayback Machine