Publisher review:Access to Java objects and methods from scripting languages is also provided.
BSF allows 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.
There are now two different versions of Apache BSF. These have different APIs.
The original version of BSF is represented by the BSF 2.x releases (current version 2.4), and uses an API which was originally developed at IBM.
The new version of Apache BSF is represent by the 3.x release (current version 3.0) The 3.x version uses the API defined as part of JSR-223 (javax.script), which is included in Java 1.6 onwards.
However BSF 3.0 will run on Java 1.4+, allowing access to JSR-223 scripting for Java 1.4 and Java 1.5. Apache BSF 3.0 is also useful for Java 1.6 as it contains a command-line utility for testing JSR-223 scripts, and it also contains a set of factory implementations for many languages.
Apache Jakarta BSF 3.1 is a script for Development Tools scripts design by Apache Software Foundation.
It runs on following operating system: Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris and has as system requierments: .
Operating system:Windows / Linux / Mac OS / BSD / Solaris
Apache Jakarta BSF 3.1 script details 
