This document is the API specification for Java™ Platform, Standard Edition Development Kit (JDK™) 10 [ad-hoc build].
For an overview of the full specification, grouped by usage, see the Java™ Platform, Standard Edition Development Kit (JDK™) 10 Specification.
- Java SE
- The Java Platform, Standard Edition ("Java SE") APIs define the core Java platform for general-purpose computing. These APIs are in modules with names starting with the string "java.".
- JDK
- The Java Development Kit ("JDK") APIs define an implementation of the Java SE Platform which may include platform-specific details. These APIs are in modules with names starting with the string "jdk.".
Please note that the specifications and other information contained herein are not final and are subject to change. The information is being made available to you solely for purpose of evaluation.
| Module | Description |
|---|---|
| java.activation |
Defines the JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF) API.
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| java.base |
Defines the foundational APIs of the Java SE Platform.
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| java.compiler |
Defines the Language Model, Annotation Processing, and Java Compiler APIs.
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| java.corba |
Defines the Java binding of the OMG CORBA APIs, and the RMI-IIOP API.
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| java.datatransfer |
Defines the API for transferring data between and within applications.
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| java.desktop |
Defines the AWT and Swing user interface toolkits, plus APIs for
accessibility, audio, imaging, printing, and JavaBeans.
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| java.instrument |
Defines services that allow agents to
instrument programs running on the JVM.
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| java.logging |
Defines the Java Logging API.
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| java.management |
Defines the Java Management Extensions (JMX) API.
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| java.management.rmi |
Defines the RMI Connector for the Java Management Extensions (JMX) Remote API.
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| java.naming |
Defines the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) API.
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| java.prefs |
Defines the Preferences API.
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| java.rmi |
Defines the Remote Method Invocation (RMI) API.
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| java.scripting |
Defines the Scripting API.
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| java.se |
Defines the core Java SE API.
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| java.se.ee |
Defines the full API of the Java SE Platform.
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| java.security.jgss |
Defines the Java binding of the IETF Generic Security Services API (GSS-API).
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| java.security.sasl |
Defines Java support for the IETF Simple Authentication and Security Layer
(SASL).
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| java.sql |
Defines the JDBC API.
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| java.sql.rowset |
Defines the JDBC RowSet API.
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| java.transaction |
Defines a subset of the Java Transaction API (JTA) to support CORBA interop.
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| 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.
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| java.xml.bind |
Defines the Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) API.
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| java.xml.crypto |
Defines the API for XML cryptography.
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| java.xml.ws |
Defines the Java API for XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS), and
the Web Services Metadata API.
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| java.xml.ws.annotation |
Defines a subset of the Common Annotations API to support programs running
on the Java SE Platform.
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| Module | Description |
|---|---|
| jdk.accessibility |
Defines JDK utility classes used by implementors of Assistive Technologies.
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| jdk.attach |
Defines the attach API.
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| jdk.charsets |
Charset provider for the 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, as well as javah. |
| jdk.crypto.cryptoki |
The SunPKCS11 security provider.
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| jdk.crypto.ec |
The SunEC security provider.
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| jdk.dynalink |
Dynalink is a library for dynamic linking of high-level operations on objects.
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| jdk.editpad |
Implementation of the edit pad service.
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| jdk.hotspot.agent |
Defines the implementation of the HotSpot Serviceability Agent.
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| jdk.httpserver |
Defines the JDK-specific API for HTTP server.
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| jdk.incubator.httpclient |
Defines the high-level HTTP and WebSocket API.
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| jdk.jartool |
Defines tools for manipulating Java Archive (JAR) files,
including the jar and jarsigner tools.
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| jdk.javadoc |
Defines the implementation of the
system documentation tool
and its command line equivalent, javadoc. |
| jdk.jcmd |
Defines tools for diagnostics and troubleshooting a JVM,
including the jcmd, jps, jstat and other diagnostics tools.
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| jdk.jconsole |
Defines the JMX graphical tool, jconsole, for monitoring and managing
a running application.
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| jdk.jdeps |
Defines tools for analysing dependencies in Java libraries and programs, including
the jdeps and javap tools.
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| jdk.jdi |
Defines the Java Debug Interface.
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| jdk.jdwp.agent |
Java Debug Wire Protocol.
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| jdk.jlink |
Defines the Java linker tool, jlink.
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| jdk.jshell |
This module provides support for
Java™ Programming Language 'snippet' evaluating tools, such as
Read-Eval-Print Loops (REPLs).
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| jdk.jsobject |
Defines the API for the JavaScript Object.
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| jdk.jstatd |
Defines the tool for starting a daemon for the jstat tool to monitor
JVM statistics remotely.
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| jdk.localedata |
Locale data provider for locales other than US locale.
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| jdk.management |
Defines the JDK-specific Management Interfaces for JVM.
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| jdk.management.agent |
Define the JMX management agent.
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| jdk.naming.dns |
DNS Java Naming provider.
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| jdk.naming.rmi |
RMI Java Naming provider.
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| jdk.net |
Defines the JDK-specific Networking API.
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| jdk.pack |
Defines tools for transforming a JAR file into a compressed pack200 file
and transforming a packed file into a JAR file, including the pack200,
and unpack200 tools.
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| jdk.policytool |
GUI tool for managing policy files.
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| jdk.rmic |
Defines the rmic compiler for generating stubs and skeletons using
the Java Remote Method Protocol (JRMP) and
stubs and tie class files (IIOP protocol) for remote objects.
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| jdk.scripting.nashorn |
Nashorn is a runtime environment for programs written in ECMAScript 5.1.
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| jdk.sctp |
Defines the JDK-specific API for SCTP.
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| jdk.security.auth |
Contains the implementation of the javax.security.auth.* interfaces and
various authentication modules.
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| jdk.security.jgss |
Defines Java extensions to the GSS-API and an implementation of the SASL
GSSAPI mechanism.
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| jdk.xml.dom |
Defines the subset of the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) API that is not part
of the Java SE API.
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| jdk.zipfs |
Zip file system provider.
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| Module | Description |
|---|---|
| java.smartcardio |
Defines the Java Smart Card I/O API.
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