关于java技术

关于java技术

Java 技术既是一种语言也是一个平台。.

Java 编程语言

Java 是一门高级编程语言有以下特征：  

简单 面向对象 分布式 多线程 动态的

结构中立 可移植 高性能 健壮的 安全的

Each of the preceding buzzwords is explained in The Java Language Environment , a white paper written by James Gosling and Henry McGilton.

In the Java programming language, all source code is first written in plain text files ending with the .java extension. Those source files are then compiled into .class files by the javaccompiler. A .class file does not contain code that is native to your processor; it instead contains bytecodes — the machine language of the Java Virtual Machine¹ (Java VM). The javalauncher tool then runs your application with an instance of the Java Virtual Machine.

An overview of the software development process.

因为Java虚拟机能运行在不同的平台上, 同样的 .class 文件能运行在 Microsoft Windows, the Solaris™ Operation System (Solaris OS), Linux, or Mac OS. 有些虚拟机, 例如 Java SE HotSpot at a Glance, perform additional steps at runtime to 给你的应用一个性能提升. This include various tasks such as finding performance bottlenecks and recompiling (to native code) frequently used sections of code.

Through the Java VM, the same application is capable of running on multiple platforms.

Java 平台

A platform is the hardware or software environment in which a program runs. We've already mentioned some of the most popular platforms like Microsoft Windows, Linux, Solaris OS, and Mac OS. Most platforms can be described as a combination of the operating system and underlying hardware. The Java platform differs from most other platforms in that it's a software-only platform that runs on top of other hardware-based platforms.

The Java platform has two components:

• Java虚拟机
• Java  API

You've already been introduced to the Java Virtual Machine; it's the base for the Java platform and is ported onto various hardware-based platforms.

The API is a large collection of ready-made software components that provide many useful capabilities. It is grouped into libraries of related classes and interfaces; these libraries are known aspackages. The next section, What Can Java Technology Do? highlights some of the functionality provided by the API.

The API and Java Virtual Machine insulate the program from the underlying hardware.

As a platform-independent environment, the Java platform can be a bit slower than native code. However, advances in compiler and virtual machine technologies are bringing performance close to that of native code without threaten