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What is BeanShell?

Beanshell is a free Java source code interpreter based on Java. BeanShell can be used to process normal JAVA commands and expressions, in addition BeanShell has been enhanced to include classic script functions.
Scripting with Beanshell offers several advantages, for example:

Using non-standardised variables
Full access to FirstSpirit and Java-API
Using standard Java syntax
Convenience methods

BeanShell offers almost unlimited flexibility through the link between Java and script language.

Further information on BeanShell is available on the website www.beanshell.org, which also provides a brief Introduction and a detailed Manual (EN).

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