PayalGodse / rhino

Rhino is an open-source implementation of JavaScript written entirely in Java

Rhino: JavaScript in Java

Rhino is an implementation of JavaScript in Java.

License

Rhino is licensed under the MPL 2.0.

Releases

Rhino 1.7R5	January 29, 2015
Rhino 1.7.6	April 15, 2015

Release Notes for recent releases.

Compatability table which shows which advanced JavaScript features from ES5, 6, and 7 are implemented in Rhino.

Documentation

Information for script builders and embedders:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Rhino_documentation

JavaDoc for all the APIs:

http://mozilla.github.io/rhino/javadoc/index.html

More resources if you get stuck:

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Mozilla/Projects/Rhino/Community

Building

Status of "master" branch

Java 6
Java 7
Java 8

How to Build

Rhino builds with Ant. Here are some useful tasks:

ant jar

Build and create "js.jar" in the build/VERSION directory.

ant junit-all

Build and run all the tests.

ant help

to find out about the rest.

Running

Rhino can run as a stand-alone interpreter from the command line:

java -jar build/rhino1_7R5pre/js.jar
Rhino 1.7 release 5 PRERELEASE 2015 01 28
js> print('Hello, World!');
Hello, World!
js>

You can also embed it, as most people do. See below for more docs.

Issues

Most issues are managed on GitHub:

https://github.com/mozilla/rhino/issues

More Help

The Google group is the best place to go with questions:

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mozilla-rhino