Java 8 Pocket Guide (2014)

Part II. Platform

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

java.lang

Language support; system/math methods, fundamental types, strings, threads, and exceptions

java.lang.annotation

Annotation framework; metadata library support

java.lang.instrument

Program instrumentation; agent services to instrument JVM programs

java.lang.invoke

Dynamic Language Support; supported by core classes and VM

java.lang.management

Java Management Extensions API; JVM monitoring and management

java.lang.ref

Reference-object classes; interaction support with the GC

java.lang.reflect

Reflective information about classes and objects

java.util

Utilities; collections, event model, date/time, and international support

java.util.concurrent

Concurrency utilities; executors, queues, timing, and synchronizers

java.util.concurrent.atomic

Atomic toolkit; lock-free thread-safe programming on single variables

java.util.concurrent.locks

Locking framework; locks and conditions

java.util.function

Functional interfaces; provides target types for lambda expressions and method references

java.util.jar

Java Archive file format; reading and writing

java.util.logging

Logging; failures, errors, performance issues, and bugs

java.util.prefs

User and system preferences; retrieval and storage

java.util.regex

Regular expressions; char sequences matched to patterns

java.util.stream

Streams; functional-style operations on streams of elements

java.util.zip

ZIP and GZIP file formats; reading and writing

Base Libraries

java.applet

Applet framework; embeddable window and control methods

java.beans

Beans; components based on JavaBeans, long-term persistence

java.beans.beancontext

Bean context; containers for beans, run environments

java.io

Input/output; through data streams, the filesystem, and serialization

java.math

Mathematics; extra large integer and decimal arithmetic

java.net

Networking; TCP, UDP, sockets, and addresses

java.nio

High performance I/O; buffers, memory-mapped files

java.nio.channels

Channels for I/O; selectors for nonblocking I/O

java.nio.charset

Character sets; translation between bytes and Unicode

java.nio.file

File support; files, file attributes, filesystems

java.nio.file.attribute

File and filesystem attribute support

java.text

Text utilities; text, dates, numbers, and messages

java.time

Time; dates, times, instants, and durations

java.time.chrono

Time; calendar systems

java.time.format

Time; printing and parsing

java.time.temporal

Time; access using fields, units, and adjusters

java.time.zone

Time; support for time zones and their rules

javax.annotation

Annotation types; library support

javax.management

JMX API; application configuration, statistics, and state changes

javax.net

Networking; socket factories

javax.net.ssl

Secured sockets layer; error detection, data encryption/authentication

javax.tools

Program invoked tool interfaces; compilers, file managers

Integration Libraries

java.sql

Structured Query Language (SQL); access and processing data source information

javax.jws

Java web services; supporting annotation types

javax.jws.soap

Java web services; SOAP bindings and message parameters

javax.naming

Naming services; Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI)

javax.naming.directory

Directory services; JNDI operations for directory-stored objects

javax.naming.event

Event services; JNDI event notification operations

javax.naming.ldap

Lightweight Directory Access Protocol v3; operations and controls

javax.script

Scripting language support; integration, bindings, and invocations

javax.sql

SQL; database APIs and server-side capabilities

javax.sql.rowset.serial

Serializable mappings; between SQL types and data types

javax.sql.rowset

Java Database Connectivity (JDBC) Rowset; standard interfaces

javax.transactions.xa

XA Interface; transaction and resource manager contracts for JTA

Miscellaneous User Interface Libraries

javax.accessibility

Accessibility technology; assistive support for UI components

javax.imageio

Java image I/O; image file content description (metadata, thumbnails)

javax.print

Print services; formatting and job submissions

javax.print.attribute

Java Print Services; attributes and attribute set collecting

javax.print.attribute.standard

Standard attributes; widely used attributes and values

javax.print.event

Printing events; services and print job monitoring

javax.sound.midi

Sound; I/O, sequencing, and synthesis of MIDI Types 0 and 1

javax.sound.sampled

Sound; sampled audio data (AIFF, AU, and WAV formats)

JavaFX User Interface Library

javafx.animation

Transition-based animation

javafx.application

Application life cycle

javafx.beans

Generic form of observability

javafx.beans.binding

Binding characteristics

javafx.beans.property

Read-only and writable properties

javafx.beans.property.adapter

Property adapter

javafx.beans.value

Reading and writing

javafx.collections

JavaFX collection utilities

javafx.concurrent

JavaFX concurrent task

javafx.embed.swing

Swing API application integration

javafx.embed.swt

SWT API application integration

javafx.event

Event framework (e.g., delivery and handling)

javafx.fxml

Markup language (e.g., loading an object hierarchy)

javafx.geometry

Two-dimensional geometry

javafx.scene

Base classes; core Scene Graph API

javafx.scene.canvas

Canvas classes; an immediate mode style of rendering API

javafx.scene.chart

Chart components; data visualization

javafx.scene.control

User interface controls; specialized nodes in the scene graph

javafx.scene.control.cell

Cell-related classes (i.e., noncore classes)

javafx.scene.effect

Graphical filter effects; supporting scene graph nodes

javafx.scene.image

Loading and displaying images

javafx.scene.input

Mouse and keyboard input event handling

javafx.scene.layout

Interface layout classes

javafx.scene.media

Audio and video classes

javafx.scene.paint

Colors and gradients support (e.g., fill shapes and backgrounds)

javafx.scene.shape

Two-dimensional shapes

javafx.scene.text

Fonts and text node rendering

javafx.scene.transform

Transformation; rotating, scaling, shearing, and translation for affine objects

javafx.scene.web

Web content; loading and displaying web content

javafx.stage

Stage; top-level container

javafx.util

Utilities and helper classes

javafx.util.converter

String converters

Remote Method Invocation (RMI) and CORBA Libraries

java.rmi

Remote Method Invocation; invokes objects on remote JVMs

java.rmi.activation

RMI object activation; activates persistent remote object’s references

java.rmi.dgc

RMI distributed garbage collection (DGC); remote object tracking from client

java.rmi.registry

RMI registry; remote object that maps names to remote objects

java.rmi.server

RMI server side; RMI transport protocol, Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) tunneling, stubs

javax.rmi

Remote Method Invocation; RMI; Remote Method Invocation Internet InterORB Protocol (RMI-IIOP), Java Remote Method Protocol (JRMP), Java Remote Method Protocol (JRMP)

javax.rmi.CORBA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) support; portability APIs for RMI-IIOP and Object Request Brokers (ORBs)

javax.rmi.ssl

Secured Sockets Layer (SSL); RMI client and server support

org.omg.CORBA

OMG CORBA; CORBA to Java mapping, ORBs

org.omg.CORBA_2_3

OMG CORBA additions; further Java Compatibility Kit (JCK) test support

Security Libraries

java.security

Security; algorithms, mechanisms, and protocols

java.security.cert

Certifications; parsing, managing Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) and certification paths

java.security.interfaces

Security interfaces: Rivest, Shamir, and Adelman (RSA) and Digital Signature Algorithm (DSA) generation

java.security.spec

Specifications; security keys and algorithm parameters

javax.crypto

Cryptographic operations; encryption, keys, MAC generations

javax.crypto.interfaces

Diffie-Hellman keys; defined in RSA Laboratories’ PKCS #3

javax.crypto.spec

Specifications; for security key and algorithm parameters

javax.security.auth

Security authentication and authorization; access controls specifications

javax.security.auth.callback

Authentication callback support; services interaction with apps

javax.security.auth.kerberos

Kerberos network authentication protocol; related utility classes

javax.security.auth.login

Login and configuration; pluggable authentication framework

javax.security.auth.x500

X500 Principal and X500 Private Credentials; subject storage

javax.security.sasl

Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL); SASL authentication

org.ietf.jgss

Java Generic Security Service (JGSS); authentication, data integrity

Extensible Markup Language (XML) Libraries

javax.xml

Extensible Markup Language (XML); constants

javax.xml.bind

XML runtime bindings; unmarshalling, marshalling, and validation

javax.xml.crypto

XML cryptography; signature generation and data encryption

javax.xml.crypto.dom

XML and Document Object Model (DOM); cryptographic implementations

javax.xml.crypto.dsig

XML digital signatures; generating and validating

javax.xml.datatype

XML and Java data types; mappings

javax.xml.namespace

XML namespaces; processing

javax.xml.parsers

XML parsers; Simple API for XML (SAX) and DOM parsers

javax.xml.soap

XML; SOAP messages; creation and building

javax.xml.transform

XML transformation processing; no DOM or SAX dependency

javax.xml.transform.dom

XML transformation processing; DOM-specific API

javax.xml.transform.sax

XML transformation processing; SAX-specific API

javax.xml.transform.stax

XML transformation processing; Streaming API for XML (StAX) API

javax.xml.validation

XML validation; verification against XML schema

javax.xml.ws

Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS); core APIs

javax.xml.ws.handler

JAX-WS message handlers; message context and handler interfaces

javax.xml.ws.handler.soap

JAX-WS; SOAP message handlers

javax.xml.ws.http

JAX-WS; HTTP bindings

javax.xml.ws.soap

JAX-WS; SOAP bindings

javax.xml.xpath

XPath expressions; evaluation and access

org.w3c.dom

W3C’s DOM; file content and structure access and updates

org.xml.sax

XML.org’s SAX; file content and structure access and updates