# 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

Module Graph:
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`.