# 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.

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`.