New JavaScript library brings Java to browsers without applets

Melding the worlds of Java and JavaScript, JavaPoly.js extends native Java Virtual Machine support to browsers via a library serving as a polyfill.
JavaPoly.js enables developers to import existing Java code and invoke it from JavaScript. "It finally allows Java to become a first-class citizen by running directly in the browser's script tags (and interacting directly with the DOM), instead of being confined to an applet sandbox," according to the project's Web page. The user does not need to ha