Struts Scripting Overview

Bean Scripting Framework Overview

Before getting into the details of using Struts Scripting, it's necessary to give a brief overview of BSF. BSF is a scripting framework that allows scripting languages to be leveraged by Java applications. As part of this, BSF allows scripting languages to access Java objects and methods. BSF by default supports many popular scripting languages. The following table lists the default scripting languages supported by BSF along with their associated file extension(s).

Language	File Extension(s)
beanbasic	bb
beanshell	bsh
bml	bml
jacl	jacl
java	java
javaclass	class
javascript	js
jpython	py
jscript	jss
judoscript	jud, judo
jython	py
lotusscript	lss
netrexx	nrx
perl	pl
perlscript	pls
pnuts	pnut
ruby	rb
vbscript	vbs
xslt	xslt

Languages not supported by default by BSF can be plugged into BSF by providing a BSF engine for the given language. For more details on BSF, see the BSF Web site: http://jakarta.apache.org/bsf/.