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+This module provides the source code for the Scripting Framework.
+
+For more information on the Scripting Framework, see the project web page:
+[https://framework.openoffice.org/scripting/]
+
+This module uses astyle to keep consistent java coding style. Please run
+
+./Format_java_code.sh
+
+before committing.
+
+== Source Code Structure ==
+
+The following directories contain the source code currently used
+by the Scripting Framework:
+
+- source/provider
+
+C++ source for the implementations of the com.sun.star.script.provider.*
+and com.sun.star.script.browse.* UNO types. These types are used for
+browsing and executing scripts.
+
+- source/protocolhandler
+
+C++ for a ProtocolHandler implementation that handles vnd.sun.star.script
+URIs and dispatches them for execution to the Scripting Framework.
+
+- source/basprov
+
+C++ implementation of the LanguageScriptProvider UNO service for Basic
+
+- source/dlgprov
+
+C++ implementation of the DialogProvider UNO service used for loading
+UNO dialogs from various languages
+
+- source/pyprov
+
+LanguageScriptProvider for Python
+
+- java/com/sun/star/script/framework/provider
+
+Implementation of an abstract base class ScriptProvider which provides
+core methods for implementing Java based LanguageScriptProvider implementations
+
+- java/com/sun/star/script/framework/provider/*
+
+BeanShell, JavaScript and Java LanguageScriptProvider implementations
+
+- java/com/sun/star/script/framework/browse/*
+
+BrowseNode implementations for the Java based LanguageScriptProviders
+
+- java/com/sun/star/script/framework/io
+- java/com/sun/star/script/framework/container
+
+Classes for performing script IO
+
+- examples
+
+Example scripts in BeanShell, JavaScript, Java and Python
+
+
+== Deprecated Code ==
+
+- java/org/openoffice/*
+
+Support for developing scripts in IDEs such as NetBeans.