Java Platform Standard Edition 8 Documentation

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

Java
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 Deployment Java Web Start Applet / Java Plug-in

Instructions
JavaFX
Certified System User
Interface Swing Java 2D AWT Accessibility
Configurations Toolkits
Drag and Drop Input Methods Image I/O Print Service Sound
Compatibility Guide
JDK Integration
Known Issues IDL JDBC JNDI RMI RMI-IIOP Scripting
Libraries
JDK 8 Adoption Beans Security Serialization Extension Mechanism
Guide Other Base Java
JRE Libraries
JMX XML JAXP Networking Override Mechanism
Troubleshooting SE
JNI Date and Time Input/Output Internationalization Compact API
Guide
lang and util Profiles
About Test / Sample
lang and
Applications and util
Math Collections Ref Objects Regular Expressions
Code Base
Logging Management Instrumentation Concurrency Utilities
Libraries

Reflection Versioning Preferences API JAR Zip

Downloads
Java Virtual
Java HotSpot Client and Server VM
Java SE Downloads Machine

JDK 8 Documentation

Resources

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

Other Technologies
Java EE
Java ME
JavaFX
GlassFish
NetBeans
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