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Scripting for the Java Platform

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 4, 2026
Entity authorityQ7439233 ↗
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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 JavaScript engine by default, but the Oracle JVM (Java 6 and later) included a JavaScript engine, based on Rhino version 1.6R2 before Java 8, and Nashorn since Java 8.

Nashorn was deprecated in Java 11 and was officially removed from the JDK in Java 15.

Scripting for the Java Platform was developed under the Java Community Process as JSR 223. The final release of JSR 223 happened on December 11, 2006. The specification, however, was withdrawn later on December 13, 2016 after a Maintenance Review Ballot, where it was decided that the javax.script API would be included as an integral part of Java 9 and onward.

See also

Da Vinci Machine

Groovy

List of JVM languages

Apache JMeter

References

Bibliography

External links

JSR 223: Scripting for the Java Platform Specification Request

Roth, Gregor (November 20, 2007). "Scripting on the Java platform". JavaWorld. Retrieved 2020-07-27.

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