Jython is an implementation of the

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designed to run on the

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platform. The implementation was formerly known as JPython until 1999.

Overview

Jython programs can import and use any Java class. Except for some standard modules, Jython programs use Java classes instead of Python modules. Jython includes almost all of the modules in the standard

distribution, lacking only some of the modules implemented originally in C. For example, a user interface in Jython could be written with

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, AWT or SWT. Jython compiles Python source code to

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(an intermediate language) either on demand or statically.

History

Jython was initially created in late 1997 to replace C with

for performance-intensive code accessed by Python programs, moving to

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in October 2000. The

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awarded a grant in January 2005. Jython 2.5 was released in June 2009.

Status and roadmap

The most recent release is Jython 2.7.2. It was released on 21 March 2020 and is compatible with Python 2.7. Python 3 compatible changes are planned in Jython 3 Roadmap. Although Jython implements the Python language specification, it has some differences and incompatibilities with

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, which is the

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of Python.

License terms

From version 2.2 on, Jython (including the standard library) is released under the

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(v2). Older versions are covered by the ''Jython 2.0, 2.1 license'' and the ''JPython 1.1.x Software License''. The command line interpreter is available under the Apache Software License.

Usage

* JBoss Application Server's

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scripting using Jython *

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Scripting Tool uses Jython * IBM

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development tools allow Jython scripting * IBM

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tool scripting with ''

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'' allows using Jython and Jacl * ZK – a Java Ajax framework that allows glue logic written in Jython *

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- A software development platform focused on HMI and SCADA *

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- a

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tool developed by the

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allows plugins to be written in

or Jython *

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- home automation software

References

External links

* {{Authority control JVM programming languages Object-oriented programming languages Python (programming language) implementations Scripting languages Software using the PSF license