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Using Java from Ruby is JRuby's best-known feature---but you can also go in the other direction, and use Ruby from Java. There are several different ways to do this. You can execute entire Ruby scripts, call individual Ruby methods, or even implement a Java interface in Ruby (thus allowing you to treat Ruby objects like Java ones). We refer to all these techniques generically as "embedding." This section will explain how to embed JRuby in your Java project.JRuby has long had a private embedding API, which was closely tied to the runtime's internals and therefore changed frequently as JRuby evolved. Since version 1.4, however, we have also provided a more stable public API, known as Red Bridge or JRuby Embed. Existing Java programs written to the legacy API should still work, but we strongly recommend Red Bridge for all new projects.