April 2014
Intermediate to advanced
242 pages
3h 21m
English
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Chapter 9. Java Platform, Standard Edition
The Java Platform, Standard Edition (SE), includes the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and its encompassing Java Development Kit (JDK; see Chapter 10), the Java Programming Language, Java Virtual Machines (JVMs), tools/utilities, and the Java SE API libraries. Separate platforms are available: Windows (32- and 64-bit), Mac OS X (64-bit), Linux (32- and 64-bit), Linux ARMv6/7 VFP—HardFP ABI (32-bit), Solaris SPARC (64-bit), and Solaris (64-bit).
Common Java SE API Libraries
Java SE API standard libraries are provided within packages. Each package is made up of classes and/or interfaces. An abbreviated list of commonly used packages is represented here.
Java SE provides the JavaFX runtime libraries from Java SE 7 update 6 and JavaFX 2.2 onwards. JavaFX is replacing the Swing API as the new client UI library for Java SE.
Language and Utility Libraries
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java.lang - Language support; system/math methods, fundamental types, strings, threads, and exceptions
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java.lang.annotation - Annotation framework; metadata library support
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java.lang.instrument - Program instrumentation; agent services to instrument JVM programs
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java.lang.invoke - Dynamic Language Support; supported by core classes and VM
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java.lang.management - Java Management Extensions API; JVM monitoring and management
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java.lang.ref - Reference-object classes; interaction support with the GC
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java.lang.reflect - Reflective information about classes and objects
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java.util - Utilities; collections, ...
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