@project516/java-web 0.0.0 → 0.1.0

package/README.md

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 # java-web
 
-Placeholder. See https://github.com/Project516/java-web
+A JVM written in TypeScript that runs Java 25 class files and JARs in the
+browser and under Node. It runs the real OpenJDK 25 class library unmodified,
+and its page API matches CheerpJ's, so existing pages can switch.
+
+## Use it in a page
+
+```sh
+pnpm add @project516/java-web
+```
+
+Serve `node_modules/@project516/java-web/dist/` as static files, then:
+
+```html
+<script src="java-web.js"></script>
+<pre id="console"></pre>
+<script type="module">
+  await cheerpjInit();
+  await cheerpjRunJar("/app/my-app.jar");   // /app/ is the web server root
+</script>
+```
+
+`cheerpjRunMain`, `cheerpjRunLibrary` (call Java from JS), JS natives and
+`/files/` storage work too. See [docs/browser.md](docs/browser.md).
+
+## Use it under Node
+
+```sh
+npx @project516/java-web -cp classes Main          # or: npx @project516/java-web -jar app.jar
+```
+
+```js
+import { runNode } from "@project516/java-web";
+const code = await runNode({ classpath: ["classes"], mainClass: "Main" });
+```
+
+See [docs/node.md](docs/node.md).
+
+## What runs
+
+- Console apps, libraries and javac: every Java SE module, plus `jdk.compiler`,
+  `jdk.httpserver` and a few more.
+- The headless parts of `java.desktop`, including `Graphics2D` on a
+  `BufferedImage`, with HotSpot's pixels except for text.
+- Sockets: real ones under Node; in the browser, loopback inside the VM and
+  `http:`/`https:` through `fetch`.
+- Not yet: AWT and Swing windows, child processes, IPv6.
+
+Details: [docs/support.md](docs/support.md).
+
+## Develop
+
+You need Node 23.6+, pnpm, curl and bzip2 on Linux or macOS.
+
+```sh
+pnpm install
+pnpm jdk          # downloads the pinned JDK 25 and builds the image
+pnpm test         # compares programs against HotSpot
+pnpm build        # builds dist/
+```
+
+More: [docs/development.md](docs/development.md).
+
+## License
+
+AGPL-3.0-only. The OpenJDK class library is GPL-2.0 with the Classpath
+Exception, and the bundled DejaVu Sans font has its own license; both notices
+ship in `dist/jdk/legal/`.