What is Rhino JavaScript Java Library?

Rhino JavaScript Java Library is an open-source implementation of JavaScript written entirely in Java. It is typically embedded into Java applications to provide scripting to end users.

If you are using Java SE 8 or higher, you need download Rhino JavaScript Java Library and include its JAR file in the Java class path.

Rhino JavaScript Java Library is embedded only in Java SE 6 and 7 as the default Java scripting engine.

• Java SE 8 - Default JavaScript Engine is Nashorn.
• Java SE 7 - Default JavaScript Engine is Rhino.
• Java SE 6 - Default JavaScript Engine is Rhino.
• Java SE 5 and older - No support of JavaScript Engine.

The current version of Rhino is 1.7 with the following features:

• Rhino supports the Implementation of Javascript 1.7.
• Rhino supports the Implementation of ECMA 262, a general-purpose cross platform scripting language standard.
• Rhino supports the Implementation of ECMA 357, xml scripting.
• Rhino provides a Javascript Shell.
• Rhino provides a Javascript compiler.
• Rhino provides a Javascript Debugger.
• Rhino can be run on Apache Jakarta Bean Scripting Framework (BSF)

Releases of Rhino-JavaScript Java library:

Rhino   1.7.14  2022-01-06
Rhino   1.7.13  2020-09-02
Rhino   1.7.12  2020-01-13
Rhino   1.7.11  2019-05-30
Rhino   1.7.10  2018-04-09
Rhino   1.7.9   2018-03-15
Rhino   1.7.8   2018-01-22
Rhino   1.7.7   2015-06-17
Rhino   1.7.6   2015-04-15
Rhino   1.7R5   2015-01-29
Rhino   1.7R4   2012-06-18
Rhino   1.7R3   2011-05-09
Rhino   1.7R2   2009-03-22
Rhino   1.7R1   2008-03-06
Rhino   1.6R7   2007-08-20
Rhino   1.6R6   2007-07-30
Rhino   1.6R5   2006-11-19
Rhino   1.6R4   2006-09-10
Rhino   1.6R3   2006-07-24
Rhino   1.6R2   2005-09-19
Rhino   1.6R1   2004-11-29
Rhino   1.5R5   2004-03-25
Rhino   1.5R4   2003-02-10
Rhino   1.5R3   2002-01-27
Rhino   1.5R2   2001-07-27
Rhino   1.5R1   2000-09-10

For more information on Rhino JavaScript Java Library, see Rhino Website.

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