To bind a Java object, you need to give the Java object a name which will be used as a reference inside the script. In the example below, we will bind a JFrame instance to the name "FRAME".

I tried loading and running several Java source programs as scripts and found BeanShell to work fine, which is impressive. The libraries are well-organized and make integration simple.

JBang provides a way of running Java code as a script, similar to JShell. However, unlike JShell, JBang works great on Java 8 and can be used to automatically download dependent libraries as well. In ...