Included is the java package org.gnu.readline which provides the gnu readline and bsd editline libraries for java. note that this is not a pure java implementation; it merely contains jni wrappers for the standard system libraries.

bsd editline resembles gnu readline but is under a more relaxed license. in some cases it can be used as a drop-in replacement for gnu readline when licensing issues prevent gnu readline from being used.

the api documentation and examples can be found in libreadline-java-doc.