<s>
BeanShell	B-Language
is	O
a	O
small	O
,	O
free	O
,	O
embeddable	O
Java	B-Language
source	O
interpreter	B-Application
with	O
object	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
features	O
,	O
written	O
in	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
runs	O
in	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Runtime	I-Language
Environment	O
(	O
JRE	O
)	O
,	O
dynamically	O
executes	O
standard	O
Java	B-Language
syntax	O
and	O
extends	O
it	O
with	O
common	O
scripting	B-Language
conveniences	O
such	O
as	O
loose	O
types	O
,	O
commands	O
,	O
and	O
method	O
closures	B-Language
,	O
like	O
those	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
BeanShell	B-Language
allows	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
define	O
functions	O
that	O
can	O
be	O
called	O
from	O
within	O
a	O
script	O
,	O
its	O
underpinning	O
philosophy	O
has	O
been	O
to	O
not	O
pollute	O
its	O
syntax	O
with	O
too	O
many	O
extensions	O
and	O
"	O
syntactic	O
sugar	O
"	O
,	O
thereby	O
ensuring	O
that	O
code	O
written	O
for	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
compiler	B-Language
can	O
usually	O
be	O
executed	O
interpretively	B-Application
by	O
BeanShell	B-Language
without	O
any	O
changes	O
and	O
,	O
almost	O
just	O
as	O
much	O
,	O
vice	O
versa	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
makes	O
BeanShell	B-Language
a	O
popular	O
testing	O
and	O
debugging	O
tool	O
for	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
virtual	I-Language
machine	I-Language
(	O
JVM	B-Language
)	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeanShell	B-Language
supports	O
scripted	O
objects	O
as	O
simple	O
method	O
closures	B-Language
like	O
those	O
in	O
Perl	B-Language
and	O
JavaScript	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeanShell	B-Language
is	O
an	O
open	B-License
source	I-License
project	O
and	O
has	O
been	O
incorporated	O
into	O
many	O
applications	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
,	O
Apache	B-Application
Ant	I-Application
,	O
WebLogic	B-Language
Server	I-Language
Application	O
Server	O
,	O
Apache	B-Language
JMeter	I-Language
,	O
jEdit	B-Language
,	O
ImageJ	B-Language
,	O
JUMP	B-Application
GIS	I-Application
,	O
Apache	B-Application
Taverna	I-Application
,	O
and	O
many	O
others	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeanShell	B-Language
provides	O
an	O
easy	O
to	O
integrate	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
versions	O
of	O
BeanShell	B-Language
(	O
0.96	O
,	O
1.0	O
)	O
were	O
released	O
by	O
Patrick	O
Niemeyer	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
a	O
series	O
of	O
versions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeanShell	B-Language
1.3.0	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
August	O
2003	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeanShell	B-Language
has	O
been	O
included	O
in	O
the	O
Linux	O
distribution	O
Debian	O
since	O
1999	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
BeanShell	B-Language
was	O
undergoing	O
standardization	O
through	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
Community	I-Language
Process	I-Language
(	O
JCP	B-Language
)	O
under	O
JSR	B-Language
274	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Following	O
the	O
JCP	B-Language
approval	O
of	O
the	O
BeanShell	B-Language
JSR	O
Review	O
Ballot	O
in	O
June	O
2005	O
,	O
no	O
visible	O
activity	O
was	O
taking	O
place	O
around	O
BeanShell	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
JSR	B-Language
274	I-Language
status	O
is	O
"	O
Dormant	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Java	B-Language
9	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
instead	O
includes	O
JShell	B-Language
,	O
a	O
different	O
read	B-Application
–	I-Application
eval	I-Application
–	I-Application
print	I-Application
loop	I-Application
(	O
REPL	B-Application
)	O
shell	O
based	O
on	O
Java	B-Language
syntax	O
,	O
indicating	O
that	O
BeanShell	B-Language
will	O
not	O
be	O
continued	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
fork	B-Application
of	O
BeanShell	B-Language
,	O
BeanShell2	O
,	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
May	O
2007	O
on	O
the	O
now-defunct	O
Google	O
Code	O
Web	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
beanshell2	O
project	O
has	O
made	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
fixes	O
and	O
enhancements	O
to	O
BeanShell	B-Language
and	O
multiple	O
releases	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
fork	B-Application
was	O
merged	O
back	O
into	O
the	O
original	O
tree	O
in	O
2018	O
,	O
retaining	O
all	O
the	O
independent	O
changes	O
from	O
both	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
official	O
project	O
has	O
been	O
hosted	O
at	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2012	O
,	O
following	O
a	O
proposal	O
to	O
accept	O
BeanShell	B-Language
as	O
an	O
Apache	B-Application
Incubator	I-Application
project	O
,	O
BeanShell	B-Language
was	O
licensed	O
to	O
The	O
Apache	O
Software	O
Foundation	O
and	O
migrated	O
to	O
the	O
Apache	O
Extras	O
,	O
changing	O
the	O
license	O
to	O
Apache	B-Application
License	I-Application
2.0	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
was	O
not	O
accepted	O
but	O
instead	O
projected	O
to	O
become	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
Apache	B-Language
Commons	I-Language
at	O
a	O
future	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
changes	O
in	O
the	O
developers	O
 '	O
personal	O
circumstances	O
,	O
the	O
BeanShell	B-Language
community	O
did	O
not	O
,	O
however	O
,	O
complete	O
the	O
move	O
to	O
Apache	O
,	O
but	O
remained	O
at	O
Apache	O
Extras	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
project	O
has	O
since	O
released	O
BeanShell	B-Language
2.0b5	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
Apache	B-Application
OpenOffice	I-Application
and	O
Apache	B-Application
Taverna	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
Windows	O
automated	O
installer	O
,	O
BeanShell	B-Language
Double-Click	O
,	O
was	O
created	O
in	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
