Download BeanShell User's Manual

Table of Contents
• 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
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