June 2012
Intermediate to advanced
288 pages
6h 48m
English
Content preview from Java For Dummies Quick Reference
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JDK Folder Structure
The JDK setup program creates several folders on your hard drive. The locations of these folders vary depending on your system, but in all versions of Windows, the JDK root folder is in the path Program Files\Java on your boot drive. The name of the JDK root folder also varies, depending on the Java version you’ve installed. For version 1.7, the root folder is jdk1.7.0.
Here are the subfolders created in the JDK root folder. As you work with Java, you’ll refer to these folders frequently.
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Folder |
Description |
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bin |
The compiler and other Java development tools |
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demo |
Demo programs you can study to see how to use various Java features |
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docs |
The Java application programming interface (API) documentation |
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include |
The library containing files needed to integrate Java with programs written in other languages |
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jre |
JRE files |
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lib |
Library files, including the Java API class library |
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Sample |
Sample code |
In addition to these folders, the JDK installs several files in the JDK root folder.
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File |
Description |
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The Java README file in HTML format. |
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The README file, this time in text format. |
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The Java license you agree to when you download the JDK. |
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The license file, this time in RTF format. |
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The copyright notice. |
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The source code for the Java API classes. This folder is created only if you unpack the |
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