JLine 2.x is an evolution of JLine 1.x, a Java library for handling console input. It is similar in functionality to BSD editline and GNU readline.
JLine2 is a Java library for handling console input. It is similar in functionality to BSD editline and GNU readline. People familiar with the readline/editline capabilities for modern shells (such as bash and tcsh) will find most of the command editing features of JLine to be familiar.
JLine 2.x is an evolution of JLine 1.x.