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BSF allows Java programs to call (invoke) script programs written in languages other than Java. Such script programs may also be able to call back into Java and use all of Java's classes and objects.
- With "BSF4RExx" any Java application can use (Object) Rexx as a scripting language
- Open Object Rexx can use Java as a huge, operating system independent function library. (The Object Rexx support enabled with "BSF.CLS" makes Java look like a huge Object Rexx class library!)
The "Vienna version of BSF4Rexx" adds additional functionality, the most notable addition allows ooRexx programs to address Java fields as if they were Object Rexx attributes, as well as supplying the functions box() and unbox() to wrap and unwrap primitive datatypes into/from their corresponding Java class (e.g. needed for setting property values in OpenOffice.org - OOo).
All Rexx programs using BSF4Rexx are per se fully portable, ie. to any system which possesses Java and a Rexx interpreter, provided that the JNI DLL/shared library is ported to that platform (the source file to be ported/compiled is "BSF4Rexx.cc").
Out of the box the following operating systems are supported: Linux (Intel) and Windows.
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