Introduction

The premier solution for rapidly developing and deploying mission-critical, enterprise applications, J2SE^TM provides the essential compiler, tools, runtimes, and APIs for writing, deploying, and running applets and applications in the Java programming language. Overview

Hot Topics

An FCS release of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition version 1.4.1
software for Windows, Linux, and Solaris^TM is now available. Additionally, Early Access 64-bit releases for Itanium processors are available for both Linux and Windows.
(September 2002)

New I/O (NIO) APIs Online Chat
Read the transcript of the NIO online chat with engineers Mark Reinhold and Michael McCloskey.
(September 2002)

High Performance GUIs with the JFC/Swing API
Find out what Steve Wilson, Java Performance Manager, Scott Violet, Technical Lead, and Chet Hasse, Engineer, have to say about performance and JFC/Swing in a transcript of their recent online chat.
(August 2002)

Tools Vendors Pledge Support for J2SE^TM 1.4
Sun Microsystems, Inc. strongly encourages the use of a professional IDE for developing Java applications. Learn more about the tools vendors who have pledged support for J2SE version 1.4.
(March 2002)

J2SE v 1.4 Online Chat
Read the transcript of the J2SE v 1.4 online chat with product manager Sherman Dickman and tech lead Scott Seligman.
(March 2002)

News & Articles

Password Masking with Java^TM Technology by Qusay H. Mahmoud, author of Distributed Programming with Java and Learning Wireless Java.
(September 2002)

Network Programming with Java^TM 2 Platform, Standard Edition 1.4 (J2SE^TM) by Qusay H. Mahmoud, author of Distributed Programming with Java and Learning Wireless Java.
(September 2002)

Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE), Version 1.4.1 Preview by John Zukowski, author of Learn Java with JBuilder 6 and Mastering Java 2, J2SE v. 1.4.
(August 2002)

Are You The CodeMaster? by Jon Byous, technology writer for over 20 years.
(August 2002)

Deploying Software with JNLP and Java Web Start by John Zukowski, author of Learn Java with JBuilder 6 and Mastering Java 2, J2SE v. 1.4.
(August 2002)

Top Ten Cool New Features of J2SE 1.4 by David Flanagan, author of Java in a Nutshell, 4th Edition, ONJava
(March 2002)

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Success Story Spotlight
Java^TM Technology Powers the "Post-Genomic" Era .
(October 9, 2001)

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List of Technologies
J2SE technology page
J2SE 1.4.1
J2SE 1.4.0
J2SE 1.3.1
J2SE 1.2.2
JDK^TM 1.1

J2SE Component Links
Assistive Technologies
Drag and Drop
Java Access Bridge
JavaBeans^TM Technology
JavaBeans Activation Framework JAF 1.0.2
Javadoc Tool
Java Foundation Classes (JFC)/Swing
Java HotSpot^TM Virtual Machine
Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA)
Java Plug-in for Windows XP
Java 2D^TM API product page
Java Web Start
JDBCTM Technology
Pluggable Look and Feel
Remote Method Invocation (RMI)
Security

J2SE Optional Packages (formerly Standard Extensions)
InfoBus
Java Advanced Imaging
Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS)
Java Communications API (JCA)
Java Cryptography Extension (JCE)
Java Help^TM Technology
Java Media APIs
Java Media Framework (JMF)
Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI)
Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE)
Java Speech API
Java 3D^TM API