Basics and Features of Java

Objectives
On completion of this period, you would be able to know The features of Java Applets and Applications

Recap
What is an applet? Differentiate Java with C++ Why Java is important to internet?

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

Features of Java applications

Simple, Small and Familiar Multithreaded and Interactive High Performance Dynamic and Extensible

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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

Fig. 2.1 Compiled and Interpreted

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Platform Independent and Portable

The most significant feature of Java portability is its

Java programs can be easily moved from one

computer system to another ,anywhere and at anytime

Platform Independent and Portable

Changes and upgrades in

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Operating systems
Processors

System resources
will not force any changes in Java programs

Platform Independent and Portable

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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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Robust and Secure

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It is designed as a garbage collected language Java also provides concept of exception handling which identifies errors and eliminates

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Robust and Secure

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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

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Robust and Secure

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The absence of pointers in Java ensures that

programs cannot gain access to memory location

without proper initialization

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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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Distributed
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

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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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Simple, Small and Familiar

Familiarity is another feature of Java
It is modeled on C and C++ languages Java is a simplified version of C++

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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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Dynamic and Extensible

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This facility enables the programmers to use the efficient available in these languages Native methods are dynamically linked at runtime

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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) b) c) d) Compiled Compiled and Interpreted Compiled or Interpreted Interpreted

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Frequently Asked Questions

Explain the features of Java Applications and Java
Applets

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