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• Table of Contents
• Introduction
• Scripting vs. Application Languages
• Tearing Down the Barriers
• History
• Conclusion
• Quick Start
• Download and Run BeanShell
• The BeanShell GUI
• Java Statements and Expressions
• Useful BeanShell Commands
• Scripted Methods
• Implementing Interfaces
• Scripted Objects
• Calling BeanShell From Your Application
• Conclusion
• Basic Syntax
• Standard Java Syntax
• Loosely Typed Java Syntax
• Exception Handling
• Basic Scoping of Variables
• Variable Modifiers
• Convenience Syntax
• Auto Boxing and Unboxing
• Importing Classes and Packages
• Document Friendly Entities
• Scripted Methods
• Scoping of Variables and Methods
• Scope Modifier: 'super'
• Scripted Objects
• The 'this' reference
• Scope Modifiers
• 'this', 'super', and 'global'
• Synchronized Methods Revisited
• Scripting Interfaces
• Anonymous Inner-Class Style
• 'this' references as Interface Types
• Interface Types and Casting
• "Dummy" Adapters and Incomplete Interfaces
• Threads - Scripting Runnable
• Limitations
• Special Variables and Values
• Special Members of 'this' type References
• Undefined Variables
• Setting the Command Prompt
• BeanShell Commands
• Commands Overview
• Adding BeanShell Commands
• Hello World
• Compiled Commands
• User Defined Commands with invoke()
• Commands Scope
• Getting the Caller Context
• setNameSpace()
• Getting the Invocation Text
• Working with Dirctories and Paths
• Working With Class Identifiers
• Working with Iterable Types
• Strict Java Mode
• Class Loading and Class Path Management
• Changing the Class Path
• Auto-Importing from the Classpath
• Reloading Classes
• Loading Classes Explicitly
• Setting the Default ClassLoader
• Class Loading in Java
• Class Loading in BeanShell
• Modes of Operation
• Standalone
• Remote
• Interactive Use
• The .bshrc Init File
• Embedding BeanShell in Your Application
• The BeanShell Core Distribution
• Calling BeanShell From Java
• eval()
• EvalError
• source()
• Multiple Interpreters vs. Multi-threading
• Serializing Interpreters and Scripted Objects
• Remote Server Mode
• Web Browser Access
• Example
• Telnet Access
• BshServlet and Servlet Mode Scripting
• Deploying BshServlet
• Running Scripts
• The Script Environment
• BshServlet Parameters
• The BeanShell Demo Applet
• BeanShell Desktop
• Shell Windows
• Editor Windows
• The Class Browser
• BshDoc - Javadoc Style Documentation
• BshDoc Comments
• BshDoc XML Output
• The bshcommands.xsl stylesheet
• The BeanShell Parser
• Validating Scripts With bsh.Parser
• Parsing and Performance
• Parsing Scripts Procedurally
• Using JConsole
• ConsoleInterface
• Reflective Style Access to Scripted Methods
• eval()
• invokeMethod()
• Method Lookup
• BshMethod
• Uses
• Executable scripts under Unix
• BSF Bean Scripting Framework
• Ant
• Learning More
• Helping With the Project
• Credit and Acknowledgments
• License and Terms of Use
• BeanShell Commands Documentation

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