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This document is divided into two sections:
* Java SE - The Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) APIs define the core Java platform for general-purpose computing. These Java APIs are in Java modules whose names start with java.
* JDK - The Java Development Kit (JDK) APIs are specific to the JDK and will not necessarily be available in all implementations of the Java SE Platform. These Java APIs are in Java modules whose Java names start with jdk.
* java.base - Defines the foundational APIs of the Java SE Platform.
* java.compiler - Defines the Language Model, Annotation Processing, and Java Compiler APIs.
* java.datatransfer - Defines the API for transferring data between and within applications.
* java.desktop - Defines the AWT and Swing user interface toolkits, plus APIs for accessibility, audio, imaging, printing, and JavaBeans.
* java.instrument - Defines services that allow agents to instrument programs running on the JVM.
* java.logging - Defines the Java Logging API.
* java.management - Defines the Java Management Extensions (JMX) API.
* java.management.rmi - Defines the RMI connector for the Java Management Extensions (JMX) Remote API.
* java.naming - Defines the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) API.
* java.net.http - Defines the HTTP Client and WebSocket APIs.
* java.prefs - Defines the Preferences API.
* java.rmi - Defines the Remote Method Invocation (RMI) API.
* java.scripting - Defines the Scripting API.
* java.se - Defines the API of the Java SE Platform.
* java.security.jgss - Defines the Java binding of the IETF Generic Security Services API (GSS-API).
* java.security.sasl - Defines Java support for the IETF Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL).
* java.smartcardio - Defines the Java Smart Card I/O API.
* java.sql - Defines the JDBC API.
* java.sql.rowset - Defines the JDBC RowSet API.
* java.transaction.xa - Defines an API for supporting distributed transactions in JDBC.
* 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.
* java.xml.crypto - Defines the API for XML cryptography.
* jdk.accessibility - Defines JDK utility classes used by implementors of Assistive Technologies.
* jdk.attach - Defines the attach API.
* 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.
jdk.crypto.cryptoki
Provides the implementation of the SunPKCS11 security provider.
jdk.crypto.ec
Provides the implementation of the SunEC security provider.
Core Java SE 9 for the Impatient
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