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TUTORIAL About The Java Technology

This document discusses the key aspects of the Java platform. It describes Java as both a programming language and platform. As a language, Java is object-oriented, portable, robust and secure. Java source code is compiled to bytecode, allowing it to run on any system with a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The Java API and JVM together form the Java platform, providing a software-only environment that is independent of hardware and allows the same application to run on multiple systems.

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TUTORIAL About The Java Technology

This document discusses the key aspects of the Java platform. It describes Java as both a programming language and platform. As a language, Java is object-oriented, portable, robust and secure. Java source code is compiled to bytecode, allowing it to run on any system with a Java Virtual Machine (JVM). The Java API and JVM together form the Java platform, providing a software-only environment that is independent of hardware and allows the same application to run on multiple systems.

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CARACTERISTICAS Y GENERALIDADES DE LA PLATAFORMA JAVA

About the Java Technology


Java technology is both a programming language and a platform.

The Java Programming Language

The Java programming language is a high-level language that can be characterized by all of
the following buzzwords:

• Simple • Architecture neutral


• Object oriented • Portable
• Distributed • High performance
• Multithreaded • Robust
• Dynamic • Secure

Each of the preceding buzzwords is explained in The Java Language Environment , a white
paper written by James Gosling and Henry McGilton.

In the Java programming language, all source code is first written in plain text files ending
with the .java extension. Those source files are then compiled into .class files by the
javac compiler. A .class file does not contain code that is native to your processor; it
instead contains bytecodes — the machine language of the Java Virtual Machine1 (Java
VM). The java launcher tool then runs your application with an instance of the Java
Virtual Machine.

An overview of the software development process.

Because the Java VM is available on many different operating systems, the same .class
files are capable of running on Microsoft Windows, the Solaris TM Operating System
(Solaris OS), Linux, or Mac OS. Some virtual machines, such as the Java HotSpot virtual
machine, perform additional steps at runtime to give your application a performance boost.
This include various tasks such as finding performance bottlenecks and recompiling (to
native code) frequently used sections of code.
Through the Java VM, the same application is capable of running on multiple platforms.

The Java Platform

A platform is the hardware or software environment in which a program runs. We've


already mentioned some of the most popular platforms like Microsoft Windows, Linux,
Solaris OS, and Mac OS. Most platforms can be described as a combination of the
operating system and underlying hardware. The Java platform differs from most other
platforms in that it's a software-only platform that runs on top of other hardware-based
platforms.

The Java platform has two components:

• The Java Virtual Machine


• The Java Application Programming Interface (API)

You've already been introduced to the Java Virtual Machine; it's the base for the Java
platform and is ported onto various hardware-based platforms.

The API is a large collection of ready-made software components that provide many useful
capabilities. It is grouped into libraries of related classes and interfaces; these libraries are
known as packages. The next section, What Can Java Technology Do? highlights some of
the functionality provided by the API.
The API and Java Virtual Machine insulate the program from the underlying hardware.

As a platform-independent environment, the Java platform can be a bit slower than native
code. However, advances in compiler and virtual machine technologies are bringing
performance close to that of native code without threatening portability.
The terms"Java Virtual Machine" and "JVM" mean a Virtual Machine for the Java platform.

Autoría y propiedad de: SUN MICROSYSTEMS

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