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5 unusual facts about Java platform


Generic programming

The Java programming language has provided genericity facilities syntactically based on C++'s since the introduction of J2SE 5.0.

JHOVE

JHOVE is a format-specific digital object validation API written in Java.

Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse

OEPE is the acronym for Oracle Enterprise Pack for Eclipse, a set of Eclipse plugins to facilitate development of Java SE, Java EE, Web service, ORM, and Spring applications on Oracle WebLogic Server.

Singleton pattern

This method uses double-checked locking, which should not be used prior to J2SE 5.0, as it is vulnerable to subtle bugs.

Undecimber

In the Java Platform, Standard Edition, the java.util.Calendar class includes support for calendars which permit thirteen months.


Internet chess server

In addition to standalone clients, many servers also offer Java interfaces that can be used directly from a Web browser.

Mulawin

In January 2006, a Java mobile game was released GMA New Media Inc. and Blue Blade Technologies, Inc. after the launch of Mulawin: The Movie.

NS-Tower

A Java version appeared on the Nagi-P website, but it is presented as an alpha version, and has not been updated since December 31, 2000.

Peking University Application Server

PKUAS ("Peking University Application Server") is a J2EE application server developed by the research group of PKU-Bell Labs Software Technologies Joint Lab.

Session ID

Examples of the names that some programming languages use when naming their cookie include JSESSIONID (JEE), PHPSESSID (PHP), and ASPSESSIONID (Microsoft ASP).

SoftBank Mobile

J-PHONE grew steadily for a decade by continuously introducing new services and enhancements such as SkyWalker for PDC, SkyMelody ringtone download, the famous Sha-Mail picture mail introduced on the basis of camera phones developed by SHARP, the mobile multimedia data service J-Sky modeled after NTT DoCoMo's i-mode, and advanced Java services based on JSCL, modeled after NTT DoCoMo's DoJa based i-appli.


see also

Google juice

Google Guice, an open source software framework for the Java platform

OPJ

In the context of Computer science, for Orthogonal Persistence for the Java platform, an approach to provide orthogonal persistence for Java (programming language).

Squawk virtual machine

Most virtual machines for the Java platform are written in low level native languages such as C/C++ and assembler; what makes Squawk different is that Squawk's core is mostly written in Java.