Java white paper
The Java White Paper is a document published by Sun Micro systems in 1995, which outlines the key features and design principles of the Java programming language. The white paper was written by James Gosling, Patrick Naught on, and other members of the Java development team, and provided an overview of Java’s goals, architecture, and implementation.
The Java White Paper introduced several key concepts that are now central to the Java programming language, including:
- Object-Oriented Programming: Java is designed as an object-oriented language, with support for encapsulation, inheritance, and poly morphism.
- Platform Independence: Java is designed to be platform-independent, meaning that Java code can be run on any platform that has a Java Virtual Machine (JV M) installed.
- Garbage Collection: Java uses automatic garbage collection to manage memory, which simplifies memory management for programmers.
- Security: Java includes built-in security features, such as a security manager, which allows applets to run in a secure sand boxed environment.
- Multi threading: Java provides support for multi threading, which allows multiple threads to execute concurrently within a single program.
The Java White Paper was instrumental in popularizing the Java programming language and helped to establish it as one of the most widely used programming languages today. It provided a clear and concise explanation of Java’s design goals and features, which helped to attract developers and businesses to the language.