Here is a JavaWorld.com excerpt from newly published Jeff Friesen Apress book, Beginning Java SE 6 Platform: From Novice to Professional.
Ajax Programming with Java Scripting API
Java SE 6: scripting languages support
c/net News.com: “Sun Microsystems released on Monday a Java development kit (Java SE 6) that seeks to meld Java and (Java-based and other) scripting languages.”
Java SE 7 is now on the horizon...
Behind all of yesterday’s news around Java being GPL’d, code drop is now available for the evolving Java SE 7 platform as well. Maybe, Sun should merge Java SE 6 and 7, although 6 should be RTM any day now.

