lets take a minute to recap the discussion weve had so far in the cosmic cup. the java platform is the software platform for the computing environment defined by java. the java platform apis define the application programming interface for the java platform, which consists of categories of apis that address different segments of computing and related industries.
however, several apis defined under the scope of java apis dont fall under any of the formal categories defined under the java platform, namely base platform, commerce, security, media, enterprise and server. in last months column these apis were mentioned as "nonstandard java apis." this month well focus on these apis.
before we begin, id like to point out that this is not a category formally defined by javasoft; it is a category i have defined for the purposes of our discussion, to provide complete coverage of the scope of apis defined under java. note also that for the moment we will forgo discussion of java technologies that focus on hardware devices, embedded java and java operating system apis (javaos). we will also postpone discussion on apis that focus primarily on browser-based interfaces. these two kinds of apis warrant independent discussions, and i will cover them in future articles for the cosmic cup.
nonstandard apis
javabeans activation framework (jaf) 【程序编程相关:Hibernate入门之One 】 the apis defined under the "nonstandard apis" category supplement the apis formally defined under the java platform apis. they are based on some of the platform apis and enhance the functionality of the apis they extend. figure 1 illustrates the apis discussed in this article. these apis are: 【推荐阅读:Hibernate技术】 javamail 【扩展信息:Hibernate的性能】 infobus javaspaces javahelpthese apis, and the roles of each api in java an... 下一页