Java Platform Standard Edition 8 Documentation http://docs.oracle.

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Oracle has two products that implement Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE) 8: Java SE Development Kit
What's New
(JDK) 8 and Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 8.
Documentation
Updates JDK 8 is a superset of JRE 8, and contains everything that is in JRE 8, plus tools such as the compilers and
debuggers necessary for developing applets and applications. JRE 8 provides the libraries, the Java Virtual
JDK 8 Release Notes
Machine (JVM), and other components to run applets and applications written in the Java programming language.
Note that the JRE includes components not required by the Java SE specification, including both standard and non-
Tutorials and Training standard Java components.
The Java Tutorials
The following conceptual diagram illustrates the components of Oracle's Java SE products:
Java Training

Description of Java Conceptual Diagram

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Java SE 8 Names and Jav a

Java Language
Language
Version Numbers
java javac javadoc jar javap jdeps Scripting
Java SE White Papers
Security Monitoring JConsole VisualVM JMC JFR
Documentation Tools &
Tool APIs
JPDA JVM TI IDL RMI Java Deployment
Accessibility DB
Specifications Internationalization Web Services Troubleshooting
Installation De ployme nt Java Web Start Applet / Java Plug-in
Instructions
JavaFX
Certified System Use r
Inte rface Swing Java 2D AWT Accessibility
Configurations
Toolkits
Compatibility Guide Drag and Drop Input Methods Image I/O Print Service Sound
JDK Inte gration
Known Issues IDL JDBC JNDI RMI RMI-IIOP Scripting
Librarie s
JDK 8 Adoption Guide
Beans Security Serialization Extension Mechanism
Troubleshooting
Othe r Base Java
JRE JMX XML JAXP Networking Override Mechanism
Guide Librarie s
SE
About Test / Sample JNI Date and Time Input/Output Internationalization Compact API
Applications and Code lang and util Profiles
lang and
util
Math Collections Ref Objects Regular Expressions
Downloads Base
Logging Management Instrumentation Concurrency Utilities
Librarie s
Java SE Downloads
Reflection Versioning Preferences API JAR Zip
JDK 8 Documentation
Jav a Virtual
Java HotSpot Client and Server VM
M achine
Resources

Oracle Java SE
Advanced and Oracle
Java SE Suite
OpenJDK
Bugs Database

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