Outline of the Java programming language
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to Java:
Java is a general-purpose, concurrent, object-oriented, class-based, strong, and statically typed programming language that is compiled to JVM bytecode for execution on a Java virtual machine (JVM), which allows "write once, run anywhere" programming. Java was designed by James Gosling and a team at Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s and was a core component of Sun's Java platform.[1][2][3]
What type of language is Java?
- Programming language – artificial language designed to communicate instructions to a machine, more so a computer.
- Object-oriented programming – built mostly around objects and classes.
- Class-based programming – types and code are organized into classes.
- Compiled – source code is compiled to an intermediate representation: JVM bytecode.
- Interpreted – bytecode is executed by a Java virtual machine, which typically performs Just-in-time compilation.
- General-purpose programming language – designed for a wide variety of application domains.
- Static type checking – type checking is performed at compile time.
- Strongly typed – enforces strict type rules at compile time.
- Concurrent – built-in support for multithreading and concurrency utilities.[4]
History of Java
- Oak – early name for a new programming language started at Sun Microsystems[5]
- Acquisition of Sun Microsystems by Oracle Corporation in 2010, along with the Java programming language and APIs.
- Oracle litigation against Google's Android OS for using Java APIs from Oracle. See also: Comparison of Java and Android API
- Java 25 – latest major release published September 16, 2025[6]
General Java concepts
- See also: Java Language fundamentals on Wikibooks and Java syntax
- Annotations
- Class loaders
- Classes and Objects[7]
- Concurrency
- Constructors
- Fields[8]
- Garbage collection[9]
- Generics
- Interface (Java)
- Java virtual machine
- Java Class Library, standard library
- Java Development Kit
- Java Runtime Environment
- Javadoc
- Java package
- Java Platform Module System
- Java variables
- JVM bytecode
- Lambda expressions[10]
- Methods[11]
- Reflection
- Write once run anywhere[12]
Issues and limitations
- Abstraction from hardware – students miss low-level cost models
- Array limits – capped size and no true multidimensional arrays
- Checked exceptions – criticized as verbose and largely abandoned by other languages
- Floating-point limits – incomplete IEEE 754 support
- Generics via type erasure – limits expressiveness and caused unsoundness bugs
- Java performance – early implementations were slow compared to C/C++
- Primitive vs. object divide – forces code duplication in libraries
- Serialization – widely seen as a serious security risk
- Lack of tuples – requires awkward workarounds or third-party libraries
- Licensing and governance controversies – Sun Microsystems acquisition by Oracle and subsequent litigation
- No operator overloading – makes math-heavy code less readable
- Potential sources of security vulnerabilities in Java applications
- Project Valhalla (missing value types) – inefficiency due to everything being objects
- Security vulnerabilities – repeated sandbox escapes and exploit waves
- Unsigned integer types – problematic for cryptography and C interop
- Weak parallelism – monitors criticized as insecure and unreliable[13][14]
Java platform and editions
- Java SE – Java Platform Standard Edition
- Jakarta EE (formerly Java EE) – Enterprise Edition APIs and runtime for multi-tiered server applications[15]
- JavaFX
- Java ME – Micro Edition for constrained devices and embedded systems
Java toolchain
- List of Java software and tools
- List of Java frameworks
- List of Java libraries
- List of Java compilers
- Comparison of Java virtual machines and List of Java virtual machines
- List of JVM languages
- List of application servers for Java
- List of unit testing frameworks for Java
- Comparison of IDEs for Java
Notable projects using Java
- Android (operating system)
- Apache Hadoop
- Apache Tomcat
- Eclipse IDE
- Elasticsearch
- IntelliJ IDEA
- Jenkins
- Minecraft (video game), Java Edition
- NetBeans
Java open-source development communities
- Apache Software Foundation – Apache Commons, Apache Maven, Apache Tomcat, Apache Kafka
- Eclipse Foundation – Adoptium, Eclipse IDE, Jakarta EE, Eclipse Jetty, Eclipse Vert.x
- OpenJDK community – Java Platform, Standard Edition
- Oracle – GraalVM (Community Edition), JavaFX (OpenJFX)
- Red Hat / JBoss – Hibernate, Drools, Quarkus
Example source code
Java publications
Books about Java
- Bruce Eckel – Thinking in Java
- James Gosling – The Java Programming Language
- Joshua Bloch – Effective Java
- Kathy Sierra – Head First Java
- Herbert Schildt – Java: The Complete Reference, Java: A Beginner's Guide, Java 2 Programmer's Reference
Java programmers
- Arthur van Hoff
- Bill Joy
- Craig L. Russell
- Doug Lea
- Gilad Bracha
- Guy L. Steele Jr.
- James Gosling
- Joshua Bloch
- Martin Odersky
- Urs Hölzle
Java dialects and related languages
- Clojure – JVM Lisp dialect
- Groovy
- JRuby – JVM Ruby implementation
- Jython – JVM Python implementation
- Kotlin – JVM JetBrains language
- Scala – JVM language combining object-oriented and functional paradigms[16]
See also
Wikibooks has a book on the topic of: Java Programming
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- Outline of the C sharp programming language
- Outline of the C++ programming language
- Outline of the JavaScript programming language
- Outline of the Perl programming language
- Outline of the Python programming language
- Outline of the Rust programming language
External links
- Oracle – Java
- OpenJDK – reference implementation and community
- Java.com – runtime download and general info
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References
- ^ "Chapter 1: Introduction – The Java Language Specification". Oracle. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ "Introduction to Java". www.w3schools.com.
- ^ "Sun Microsystems Introduces Java: Research Starters Research". EBSCO Research.
- ^ "Java programming language: Research Starters". EBSCO Research.
- ^ "A Brief History of the Java Programming Language". Baeldung.com. January 2, 2022.
- ^ "Oracle Releases Java 25". Oracle. 16 September 2025. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/java/classes-objects-java/
- ^ https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/java/java-lang-reflect-field-class-in-java/
- ^ https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/java/garbage-collection-in-java/
- ^ https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/java/lambda-expressions-java-8/
- ^ https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/java/methods-in-java/
- ^ Team, Udemy (January 7, 2022). "13 Top Core Java Concepts You Need to Know".
- ^ "Free Java Tutorials: Criticism of Java programming language". www.freejavaguide.com.
- ^ https://www.geeksforgeeks.org/java/disadvantages-of-java-language/
- ^ "Differences between Java EE and Java SE". Oracle. Retrieved 17 September 2025.
- ^ "An Overview of the JVM Languages". Baeldung.com. April 14, 2018.
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