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Nashorn engine missing in OpenJDK 11+

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      ADDITIONAL SYSTEM INFORMATION :
      openjdk version "1.8.0_462"
      OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Temurin)(build 1.8.0_462-b08)
      OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Temurin)(build 25.462-b08, mixed mode)

      openjdk version "17.0.16" 2025-07-15
      OpenJDK Runtime Environment Temurin-17.0.16+8 (build 17.0.16+8)
      OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Temurin-17.0.16+8 (build 17.0.16+8, mixed mode, sharing)

      A DESCRIPTION OF THE PROBLEM :
      When I try to use the getEngineByName method of javax.script.ScriptEngineManager to get an engine named "nashorn", I find that my current OpenJDK 17 is unable to retrieve this Engine correctly. When I execute my submitted test code, I observe that the factory in OpenJDK 8 can find the ScriptEngine named "Oracle Nashorn", but OpenJDK 11 and later (OpenJDK 11+) cannot retrieve it successfully. Is this because this feature is no longer supported in the newer versions, or is it a defect that needs to be fixed?

      EXPECTED VERSUS ACTUAL BEHAVIOR :
      EXPECTED -
      Oracle Nashorn

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      import javax.script.ScriptEngineFactory;
      import javax.script.ScriptEngineManager;
      import javax.script.ScriptException;

      public class test {
          public static void main(String[] var0) throws ScriptException {
              ScriptEngineManager scriptEngineManager = new ScriptEngineManager();
              for (ScriptEngineFactory engineFactory : scriptEngineManager.getEngineFactories()) {
                  System.out.println(engineFactory.getEngineName());
              }
          }
      }

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            asajeev Anjana Sajeev
            webbuggrp Webbug Group
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