# 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`.