Audience

This document is intended for Java programmers who want to use the Nashorn engine for scripting features provided by Java SE. It is assumed that you are familiar with Java and a version of the ECMAScript language standard (JavaScript).

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Related Documents

For more information about scripting features provided by Java SE, see the following documents:

• Java Scripting Programmer's Guide at http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/scripting/prog_guide/index.html

• The Java Scripting API (the javax.script package) specification at http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/api/javax/script/package-summary.html

For information about invoking the Nashorn engine from the command line, see the reference pages for the jjs and jrunscript tools at http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/tools/

Conventions

The following text conventions are used in this document: