Nashorn is the ECMAScript engine bundled with Java SE 8 http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/ Nashorn specific ECMAScript extensions are documented here: https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Nashorn/Nashorn+extensions Nashorn implements JSR-223 (javax.script) API. Java SE 8 includes two command line shell tools jrunscript and jjs as well. jjs is documented here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/unix/jjs.html Nashorn OpenJDK wiki is here: https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/Nashorn/Main This project demonstrates scripting with nashorn with many small, simple examples that can be run with "jjs" tool.
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Script examples demonstrating Nashorn ECMAScript engine in Java SE 8
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