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Using BeanShell in DevTest

BeanShell (http://www.beanshell.org/) is a free, open source, lightweight Java scripting language. BeanShell is a Java application that uses the Reflection API to execute Java statements and expressions dynamically. By using BeanShell, you avoid the need to compile class files.

BeanShell lets you type standard Java syntax (statements and expressions) on a command line and see the results immediately. A Swing GUI is also available. BeanShell can also be called from a Java class, which is how it is used in the product.

BeanShell is used in several places:

• To interpret property expressions
• As the interpreter framework for the Java Script test step
• As the interpreter framework for the Assert by Script Execution assertion

More information:

Using BeanShell Scripting Language

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