JAM on MIDP
Whereas the CLDC JAM specification is relatively vague, MIDP contains a concrete definition of the JAD files for MIDP applications. This section first takes a closer look at the contents of a JAD file, and then describes the actual transfer of an MIDP application to the target device. However, before we go into details of the JAD files, we need to explain the MIDP concept of MIDlet suites.
MIDlet Suites
A MIDlet suite is a set of Java applications distributed together. A group of MIDlets inside a MIDlet suite can share their persistent databases. For example, a database might consist of user logins that are used by all network-related MIDlets in one suite.
Since MIDP devices offer only a limited amount of heap space for the Java Runtime ...
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