java 8 documentation_Java Platform Standard Edition 8 Documentation

Oracle has two products that implement Java Platform Standard

Edition (Java SE) 8: Java SE Development Kit (JDK) 8 and Java SE

Runtime Environment (JRE) 8.

JDK 8 is a superset of JRE 8, and contains everything that is in

JRE 8, plus tools such as the compilers and debuggers necessary for

developing applets and applications. JRE 8 provides the libraries,

the Java Virtual Machine (JVM), and other components to run applets

and applications written in the Java programming language. Note

that the JRE includes components not required by the Java SE

specification, including both standard and non-standard Java

components.

The following conceptual diagram illustrates the components of

Oracle's Java SE products: