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| Jelly is an XML based scripting engine. The basic idea is that XML elements can | Jelly is an XML based scripting engine. The basic idea is that XML elements can | ||||
| be bound to a Java Tag which is a Java bean that performs some function. | be bound to a Java Tag which is a Java bean that performs some function. | ||||
| Jelly is totally extendable via custom actions (in a similar way to JSP custom | Jelly is totally extendable via custom actions (in a similar way to JSP custom | ||||
| tags) as well as cleanly integrating with scripting languages such as Jexl, | tags) as well as cleanly integrating with scripting languages such as Jexl, | ||||
| Velocity, pnuts, beanshell and via BSF (Bean Scripting Framework) languages | Velocity, pnuts, beanshell and via BSF (Bean Scripting Framework) languages | ||||
| like JavaScript & JPython. | like JavaScript & JPython. | ||||
| Jelly uses an XMLOutput class which extends SAX ContentHandler to output XML | Jelly uses an XMLOutput class which extends SAX ContentHandler to output XML | ||||
| events. This makes Jelly ideal for XML content generation, SOAP scripting or | events. This makes Jelly ideal for XML content generation, SOAP scripting or | ||||
| dynamic web site generation. A single Jelly tag can produce, consume, filter or | dynamic web site generation. A single Jelly tag can produce, consume, filter or | ||||
| transform XML events. This leads to a powerful XML pipeline engine similar in | transform XML events. This leads to a powerful XML pipeline engine similar in | ||||
| some ways to Cocoon. | some ways to Cocoon. | ||||
| WWW: http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/jelly/index.html | WWW: http://commons.apache.org/proper/commons-jelly/index.html | ||||