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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+<maintainer type="project">
+ <email>java@gentoo.org</email>
+ <name>Java</name>
+</maintainer>
+
+<longdescription>
+Bean Scripting Framework (BSF) is a set of Java classes which provides
+scripting language support within Java applications, and access to Java
+objects and methods from scripting languages. BSF allows one to write
+JSPs in languages other than Java while providing access to the Java
+class library. In addition, BSF permits any Java application to be
+implemented in part (or dynamically extended) by a language that is
+embedded within it. This is achieved by providing an API that permits
+calling scripting language engines from within Java, as well as an
+object registry that exposes Java objects to these scripting language
+engines.
+</longdescription>
+</pkgmetadata>