This document is the API specification for Java™ Platform, Standard Edition Development Kit (JDK™) 9 [ad-hoc build].
For an overview of the full specification, grouped by usage, see the Java™ Platform, Standard Edition Development Kit (JDK™) 9 Specification.
- Java SE
- The Java Platform, Standard Edition ("Java SE") APIs define the core Java platform for general-purpose computing. These APIs are in modules with names starting with the string "java.".
- JDK
- The Java Development Kit ("JDK") APIs define an implementation of the Java SE Platform which may include platform-specific details. These APIs are in modules with names starting with the string "jdk.".
Please note that the specifications and other information contained herein are not final and are subject to change. The information is being made available to you solely for purpose of evaluation.
| Module | Description |
|---|---|
| java.activation |
Defines the JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF) API.
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| java.base |
Defines the foundational APIs of the Java SE Platform.
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| java.compiler |
Defines the Language Model, Annotation Processing, and Java Compiler APIs.
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| java.corba |
Defines the Java binding of the OMG CORBA APIs, and the RMI-IIOP API.
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| java.datatransfer |
Defines the API for transferring data between and within applications.
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| java.desktop |
Defines the AWT and Swing user interface toolkits, plus APIs for
accessibility, audio, imaging, printing, and JavaBeans.
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| java.instrument |
Defines services that allow agents to
instrument programs running on the JVM.
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| java.logging |
Defines the Java Logging API.
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| java.management |
Defines the Java Management Extensions (JMX) API.
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| java.management.rmi |
Defines the RMI connector
for the Java Management Extensions (JMX) Remote API.
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| java.naming |
Defines the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) API.
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| java.prefs |
Defines the Preferences API.
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| java.rmi |
Defines the Remote Method Invocation (RMI) API.
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| java.scripting |
Defines the Scripting API.
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| java.se |
Defines the core Java SE API.
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| java.se.ee |
Defines the full API of the Java SE Platform.
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| java.security.jgss |
Defines the Java binding of the IETF Generic Security Services API (GSS-API).
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| java.security.sasl |
Defines Java support for the IETF Simple Authentication and Security Layer
(SASL).
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| java.sql |
Defines the JDBC API.
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| java.sql.rowset |
Defines the JDBC RowSet API.
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| java.transaction |
Defines a subset of the Java Transaction API (JTA) to support CORBA interop.
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| java.xml |
Defines the Java API for XML Processing (JAXP), the Streaming API for XML (StAX),
the Simple API for XML (SAX), and the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) API.
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| java.xml.bind |
Defines the Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) API.
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| java.xml.crypto |
Defines the API for XML cryptography.
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| java.xml.ws |
Defines the Java API for XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS), and
the Web Services Metadata API.
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| java.xml.ws.annotation |
Defines a subset of the Common Annotations API to support programs running
on the Java SE Platform.
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| Module | Description |
|---|---|
| jdk.accessibility |
Defines JDK utility classes used by implementors of Assistive Technologies.
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| jdk.attach |
Defines the attach API.
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| jdk.charsets |
Provides
charsets that
are not in java.base (mostly double byte and IBM charsets). |
| jdk.compiler |
Defines the implementation of the
system Java compiler
and its command line equivalent, javac, as well as javah. |
| jdk.crypto.cryptoki |
Provides the implementation of the SunPKCS11 security provider.
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| jdk.crypto.ec |
Provides the implementation of the SunEC security provider.
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| jdk.dynalink |
Defines the API for dynamic linking of high-level operations on objects.
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| jdk.editpad |
Provides the implementation of the edit pad service used by
jdk.jshell. |
| jdk.hotspot.agent |
Defines the implementation of the HotSpot Serviceability Agent.
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| jdk.httpserver |
Defines the JDK-specific API for HTTP server.
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| jdk.incubator.httpclient |
Defines the high-level HTTP and WebSocket API.
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| jdk.jartool | |
| jdk.javadoc |
Defines the implementation of the
system documentation tool
and its command line equivalent, javadoc. |
| jdk.jcmd | |
| jdk.jconsole |
Defines the JMX graphical tool, jconsole,
for monitoring and managing a running application.
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| jdk.jdeps |
Defines tools for analysing dependencies in Java libraries and programs, including
the jdeps and javap tools.
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| jdk.jdi |
Defines the Java Debug Interface.
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| jdk.jdwp.agent |
Provides the implementation of the Java Debug Wire Protocol (JDWP) agent.
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| jdk.jlink | |
| jdk.jshell |
This module provides support for
Java™ Programming Language 'snippet' evaluating tools, such as
Read-Eval-Print Loops (REPLs).
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| jdk.jsobject |
Defines the API for the JavaScript Object.
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| jdk.jstatd |
Defines the jstatd tool for starting a daemon
for the jstat tool to monitor JVM statistics remotely.
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| jdk.localedata |
Provides the locale data for locales other than US locale.
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| jdk.management |
Defines the JDK-specific Management Interfaces for JVM.
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| jdk.management.agent |
Defines the JMX management agent.
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| jdk.naming.dns |
Provides the implementation of the DNS Java Naming provider.
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| jdk.naming.rmi |
Provides the implementation of the RMI Java Naming provider.
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| jdk.net |
Defines the JDK-specific Networking API.
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| jdk.pack | |
| jdk.policytool |
Defines the GUI tool for managing policy files
called policytool.
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| jdk.rmic |
Defines the rmic compiler for generating stubs and
skeletons using the Java Remote Method Protocol (JRMP) and
stubs and tie class files (IIOP protocol) for remote objects.
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| jdk.scripting.nashorn |
Provides the implementation of Nashorn script engine and
the runtime environment for programs written in ECMAScript 5.1.
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| jdk.scripting.nashorn.shell |
Defines Nashorn shell module.
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| jdk.sctp |
Defines the JDK-specific API for SCTP.
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| jdk.security.auth |
Provides the implementation of the
javax.security.auth.*
interfaces and various authentication modules. |
| jdk.security.jgss |
Defines Java extensions to the GSS-API and an implementation of the SASL
GSSAPI mechanism.
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| jdk.xml.bind | |
| jdk.xml.dom |
Defines the subset of the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) API that is not part
of the Java SE API.
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| jdk.xml.ws | |
| jdk.zipfs |
Provides the implementation of the zip file system provider.
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| Module | Description |
|---|---|
| java.smartcardio |
Defines the Java Smart Card I/O API.
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