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Beginning Java 8 Fundamentals: Language Syntax, Arrays, Data Types, Objects, and Regular Expressions
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Beginning Java 8 Fundamentals: Language Syntax, Arrays, Data Types, Objects, and Regular Expressions

by Kishori Sharan
June 2014
Beginner content levelBeginner
810 pages
23h 28m
English
Apress
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APPENDIX C

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Compact Profiles

The Java Development Kit (JDK) consists of the Java Language, development tools such as Java compiler, debugger, etc., and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE). The JRE is a subset of JDK and it consists of libraries, the Java virtual machine, and deployment toolkits. Libraries in the JRE can be subdivided into the following four categories:

  • Lang and util base libraries
  • Other base libraries
  • Integration libraries
  • User interface toolkits

Before Java SE 8, the JRE distribution was based on the all-or-nothing strategy. There was only one bundle of the JRE for a platform that contained libraries in all the four categories. ...

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