1 Basics and Features of Java
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Basics and Features of Java
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Objectives
On completion of this period, you would be able to know
• The features of Java Applets and Applications
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Recap
• What is an applet?
• Differentiate Java with C++
• Why Java is important to internet?
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Features of Java applications
Sun Micro Systems officially describes Java with the following features
• Compiled and Interpreted • Platform Independent and Portable• Object Oriented• Robust and Secure• Distributed
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• Simple, Small and Familiar
• Multithreaded and Interactive
• High Performance
• Dynamic and Extensible
Features of Java applications Contd..
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Compiled and Interpreted
• Usually a computer language is either compiled or
interpreted
• Java combines both these approaches, thus making
Java a two stage system
• First Java compiler translates source code into
byte code instructions
• Byte codes are not machine instructions
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Compiled and Interpreted • In the second stage Java interpreter generates
machine code
• That can be directly executed by the machine
Contd..
Fig. 2.1 Compiled and Interpreted
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Platform Independent and Portable
• The most significant feature of Java is its
portability
• Java programs can be easily moved from one
computer system to another ,anywhere and at
anytime
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• Changes and upgrades in
• Operating systems
• Processors
• System resources
will not force any changes in Java programs
Platform Independent and Portable Contd..
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Platform Independent and Portable Contd..
Fig. 2.2 Once compiled, Java class file can be run on any platform
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Object Oriented
• Java is a true object oriented language
• Almost everything in Java is an object
• All programs code and data reside within objects
and classes
• Java comes with an extensive set of classes
arranged in packages
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Robust and Secure
• Java is a robust language
• It provides many safeguards to ensure reliable code
• It has strict compile time and runtime for data types
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• It is designed as a garbage collected language
• Java also provides concept of exception handling which identifies errors and eliminates
Robust and Secure Contd..
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• Security becomes an important issue for a
language that is used for programming on internet
• Threat of viruses and abuse of resources
• Java systems not only verify all memory access,
but also ensure that no viruses are communicated
with an applet
Robust and Secure Contd..
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• The absence of pointers in Java ensures that
programs cannot gain access to memory location
without proper initialization
Robust and Secure Contd..
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Distributed
• Java is designed as a distributed language for
creating applications on networks
• It has the ability to share both data and programs
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• Java applications can open and access remote
object as easily as they can do in a local system
• Enables multiple programmers at multiple
locations work together on a single project
DistributedContd..
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Simple, Small and Familiar • Java is small and simple language. Many features
of C and C++ are not part of Java
eg. : Java does not provide • Pointers• Preprocessors header file• goto statements• Operator overloading • Multiple inheritance
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• Familiarity is another feature of Java
• It is modeled on C and C++ languages
• Java is a simplified version of C++
Simple, Small and Familiar Contd..
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Multithreaded and Interactive
• Multithreaded means handling multiple
tasks simultaneously
• Java supports multithreaded programs
• Need not wait for the application to finish
one task before beginning another
• Greatly improves the interactive
performance of graphical applications
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High Performance
• Java performance is impressive for an interpreted
language
• Due to the use of intermediate byte code
• Java architecture is also designed to reduce
overheads during runtime
• The incorporation of multithreading enhances the
overall execution speed of Java programs
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Dynamic and Extensible
• Java is a dynamic language• Java is capable of dynamically linking new
• Class libraries• Methods • Objects
• Java programs supports functions written in other languages such as C and C++
• These functions are known as “native methods”
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• This facility enables the programmers to use the
efficient available in these languages
• Native methods are dynamically linked at runtime
Dynamic and Extensible Contd..
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Summary
• Features of Java Applications
• Features of Java Applets
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Quiz
1.Usually a computer language is either ______
a) Compiled
b) Compiled and Interpreted
c) Compiled or Interpreted
d) Interpreted
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Frequently Asked Questions
• Explain the features of Java Applications and Java
Applets
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