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+What is this demo about?
+
+This is "script shell" plugin for jconsole  - the monitoring and management 
+client tool shipped with JRE. This plugin adds "Script Shell" tab to jconsole.
+This serves as a demo for jconsole plugin API (com.sun.tools.jconsole) as well 
+as a demo for scripting API (javax.script) for the Java platform.
+
+Script console is an interactive read-eval-print interface that can be used
+used to execute advanced monitoring and management queries. By default,
+JavaScript is used as the scripting language. The scripting language can be 
+changed using the system property com.sun.demo.jconsole.console.language. To 
+use other scripting languages, you need to specify the corresponding engine
+jar file in pluginpath along with this plugin's jar file.
+
+The following 3 global variables are exposed to the script engine:
+
+    window      javax.swing.JPanel
+    engine      javax.script.ScriptEngine
+    plugin      com.sun.tools.jconsole.JConsolePlugin
+
+If you use JavaScript, there are many useful global functions defined in 
+./src/resources/jconsole.js. This is built into the script plugin jar file. 
+In addition, you can add other global functions and global variables by 
+defining those in ~/jconsole.js (or jconsole.<ext> where <ext> is the file 
+extension for your scripting language of choice under your home directory).
+
+How do I compile script console plugin?
+
+You can use the Java based build tool "ant" (http://ant.apache.org) to build 
+this plugin. To build using ant, please use the following command in the
+current directory:
+
+    ant
+
+How do I use script console plugin?
+
+To start jconsole with this plugin, please use the following command
+
+    jconsole -pluginpath jconsole-plugin.jar
+
+How do I load my own script files in script console?
+
+If you use JavaScript (the default), then there is a global function called
+"load" to load any script file from your file system. In script console
+prompt, enter the following:
+
+    load(<script-file-path>);
+
+where <script-file-path> is the path of your script file to load. If you don't 
+specify the file path, then the load function shows file dialog box to choose 
+the script file to load.
+
+How do I get help on script global functions?
+
+If you use JavaScript (the default), then there is a global function called
+"help" that prints one-line help messages on global functions. In script
+console prompt, enter the following:
+
+    help(); 
+
+Where are the sample JavaScript files?
+
+./src/scripts directory contains JavaScript files that can be loaded into
+script console.