# Module java.scripting

module java.scripting
Defines the Scripting API.

The JDK implementation of this module includes a language-independent command-line script shell, jrunscript, that supports executing JavaScript and other languages if its corresponding script engine is installed.

Module Graph:
Tool Guides:
  jrunscript
Since:
  9

- ## Packages

  Exports
  Package
  Description
  javax.script
  The scripting API consists of interfaces and classes that define Java Scripting Engines and provides a framework for their use in Java applications.

- ## Services

  Uses
  Type
  Description
  ScriptEngineFactory
  `ScriptEngineFactory` is used to describe and instantiate `ScriptEngines`.