1. What releases of Java technology are currently available? What do they contain?
2. What platforms is the JDK software available on?
3. Should I use the Production Release or Reference Implementation of the Solaris JDK software and JRE?
4. What about a version for my favorite platform? When can I get it?
5. How do I download Java technology and/or JDK software? How do I install it?
6. Where can I find information about HotJava?
7. How can I get started with programming in Java?
8. Do I need special server software to use applets? |
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| 1. What releases of Java technology are currently available? What do they contain? |
| The Java programming language is currently shipping from Sun Microsystems, Inc. as the Java 2 SDK and Java 2 Runtime Environment. All Sun releases of the Java 2 Platform software are available from the Java 2 Platform software home page (http://java.sun.com/j2se/). |
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| 2. What platforms is the JDK software available on? |
| Production Release - In contrast, customers whose applications/applets will be released as products, and who need a Solaris JRE or JDK software with optimized performance, should use the Solaris production releases: * JDK production release * JRE production release The production releases are based on the reference implementation of the same version number, and include a JIT compiler, additional performance tuning, and bug fixes. The production releases are installed as standard Solaris packages, which require root permission for installation. Varyin |
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| 3. Should I use the Production Release or Reference Implementation of the Solaris JDK software and JRE? |
| No. Java applets may be served by any HTTP server. On the server side they are handled the same as any other file, such as a text, image, or sound file. All the special action happens when the applet class files are interpreted on the client side by a Java technology-enabled browser, such as HotJava browser or 1.x or Netscape 3.x/4.x. |
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| 4. What about a version for my favorite platform? When can I get it? |
| The Java programming language is currently shipping from Sun Microsystems, Inc. as the Java 2 SDK and Java 2 Runtime Environment. All Sun releases of the Java 2 Platform software are available from the Java 2 Platform software home page (http://java.sun.com/j2se/). |
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| 5. How do I download Java technology and/or JDK software? How do I install it? |
| Production Release - In contrast, customers whose applications/applets will be released as products, and who need a Solaris JRE or JDK software with optimized performance, should use the Solaris production releases: * JDK production release * JRE production release The production releases are based on the reference implementation of the same version number, and include a JIT compiler, additional performance tuning, and bug fixes. The production releases are installed as standard Solaris packages, which require root permission for installation. Varyin |
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| 6. Where can I find information about HotJava? |
| The short answer is that we provide documentation only for the public classes in java.*. We do not provide documentation for sun.* because those are the Sun-specific implementation, and specifically not part of the Java technology API standard, and are therefore subject to change without notice. In general, we don't provide javadoc documentation for sun.* classes in order to discourage developers from writing programs that use them. For further explanation, see the next question. However, if you must have it, the documentation for sun.* is available in the doc comments in the community source code release available separately, mentioned in question A14. For example, the doc comments for sun.net are in the source files located at: /src/share/sun/sun/net/*.java |
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| 7. How can I get started with programming in Java? |
| No. Java applets may be served by any HTTP server. On the server side they are handled the same as any other file, such as a text, image, or sound file. All the special action happens when the applet class files are interpreted on the client side by a Java technology-enabled browser, such as HotJava browser or 1.x or Netscape 3.x/4.x. |
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| 8. Do I need special server software to use applets? |
| The short answer is that we provide documentation only for the public classes in java.*. We do not provide documentation for sun.* because those are the Sun-specific implementation, and specifically not part of the Java technology API standard, and are therefore subject to change without notice. In general, we don't provide javadoc documentation for sun.* classes in order to discourage developers from writing programs that use them. For further explanation, see the next question. However, if you must have it, the documentation for sun.* is available in the doc comments in the community source code release available separately, mentioned in question A14. For example, the doc comments for sun.net are in the source files located at: /src/share/sun/sun/net/*.java |
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