Java ME Technology APIs & Docs

This page provides links to documentation for the Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) and Java Card technologies.

• Java ME Technology API Documentation
• Small Mobile Device Technologies
• Consumer and Embedded Device Technologies
• Java ME Technology Optional Packages
• Sun Java Wireless Toolkit
• Java Card Documentation Page
• TV & Telephony
• Test Tools
• Java Verified Program

See also Java ME Technical Papers and the Mobility Tech Topics page. Note that API information is available in the specifications on this page.

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Java ME Technology API Documentation

For reference purposes, the API documentation for some Java ME technology specifications is available online here.

 

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Small Mobile Device Technologies

The Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) and Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP) are standards-based technologies for developing applications that run on small mobile devices.

CLDC Product Page MIDP Product Page

JTWI Product Page MSA Product Page

Mobile Service Architecture (MSA)

• Mobile Service Architecture (MSA) Datasheet
• Java Platform, Micro Edition Mobile Service Architecture Custom Binary Solution Datasheet
• Mobility Service-Oriented Architecture (mSOA) Datasheet

Sun Java Wireless Client

Sun Java Wireless Client is a fast, efficient, and portable MIDP stack. The full product documentation is published here with the exception of the Java platform API documentation.

• Sun Java Wireless Client 2.1 Documentation Home
• Sun Java Wireless Client 2.0 Documentation Home

CLDC HotSpot Implementation

CLDC HotSpot Implementation is a fast, efficient, and portable virtual machine to support a Java ME technology runtime environment. The full product documentation is published here with some small exceptions due to distribution restrictions.

• CLDC HotSpot Implementation 2.1 Documentation Home
• CLDC HotSpot Implementation 2.0 Documentation Home

CLDC 1.1

• CLDC HI 1.1.2 Datasheet
• CLDC HI 1.1.2 Multitasking Datasheet
• CLDC Specification, V1.1 (JSR-139)
• CLDC Specification, V1.1 Korean Version (JSR-139)
  Note: The Korean specification is provided for your convenience and understanding only.
• CLDC API Documentation, V1.1, also (ZIP)
• CLDC HotSpot Implementation Virtual Machine White Paper

CLDC 1.0.4

• CLDC Specification, V1.0 (JSR-030)
• CLDC API Documentation, V1.0, also (ZIP) or Japanese (ZIP, 1.4MB)
• KNI Specification: HTML, PDF
• KDWP Specification: HTML, PDF
• KVM White Paper
• KVM Data Sheet

MIDP 2.0

• MIDP 2.0 Specification, (JSR 118)
• MIDP 2.0 Specification Korean Version
  Note: The Korean specification is provided for your convenience and understanding only.
• What's New in MIDP 2.0 White Paper
• MIDP 2.0 Style Guide
• Programming Wireless Devices with the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition
  
• MIDP Data Sheet

MIDP 1.0

• MIDP 1.0 Specification, (JSR 37)
• MIDP APIs for Wireless Applications White Paper
• Applications for Mobile Information Devices White Paper
• Over The Air User Initiated Provisioning Recommended Practice
• Programming Wireless Devices with the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition

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Consumer and Embedded Device Technologies

Connected Device Configuration (CDC) is a standards-based framework for building and delivering applications that can be shared across a range of network-connected consumer and embedded devices.

• Mobile & Embedded Community on java.net White Paper
• CDC Build System Guide
• CDC Runtime Guide
• CDC Porting Guide
• CDC Dynamic Compiler Architecture Guide
• CDC White Paper
• CDC White Paper Japanese Version [Zip, 5.97 MB]
• CDC Specification
• CDC Application Management System White Paper
• CDC API Comparison
• CDC Data Sheet
• CDC HotSpot Implementation Data Sheet

Foundation Profile

Foundation Profile is a set of Java APIs that support resource-constrained devices without a standards-based GUI system.

Personal Basis Profile

Personal Basis Profile is a set of Java APIs that support resource-constrained devices with a standards-based GUI framework based on lightweight components. Personal Basis Profile also includes support for the xlet interface and all of the APIs included in Foundation Profile.

Personal Profile

Personal Profile is a set of Java APIs that support resource-constrained devices with a standards-based GUI framework based on AWT peer components. Personal Profile also includes support for the applet interface and all of the APIs included in Personal Basis Profile.

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Java ME Technology Optional Packages

A Java ME technology optional package is an API that extends a CLDC or CDC profile. You can get a list of Java ME Technology Optional Packages on the Java ME Platform Product Page.

Content Handler API (CHAPI)

CHAPI allows the invocation of Java ME platform applications from native applications and vice versa.

• CHAPI Specification, 1.0 (JSR 211)
• Data Sheet

Security and Trust Services

Security and Trust Services for J2ME (SATSA) provides Java ME software applications with APIs for security and trust services through the integration of a security element.

• SATSA Specification, 1.0 (JSR-177)
• Installation Guide
• Release Notes
• Data Sheet
• SATSA Developer's Guide [HTML]   [PDF 264KB]

Web Services

J2ME Web Services provides standard access from Java ME technology to web services.

• J2ME Web Services Specification, 1.0 (JSR-172)
• Data Sheet

Client Provisioning

J2ME Client Provisioning Specification defines a server partitioning standard for provisioning applications.

• Client Provisioning Specification, 1.0 (JSR-124)

Mobile Media API

Mobile Media API (JSR-135) allows small wireless devices to support many multimedia-rich applications and services that are available only on desktop machines today.

Generic Connection Framework

Generic Connection Framework Optional Package (GCF-OP) (JSR-197) permits applications that rely on GCF in the Java ME platform to migrate to the J2SE platform. See also GCF Overview.

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Sun Java Wireless Toolkit

The Sun Java Wireless Toolkit (formerly J2ME Wireless Toolkit) provides tools for the development of mobile information device applications compliant with the MIDP specification. See the Data Sheet for general information.

Unified Emulator Interface (UEI)

• Unified Emulator Interface Specification

Sun Java Wireless Toolkit 2.5.2 for CLDC

• Documentation Home
• Release Notes
• Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
• Sun Java Wireless Toolkit for CLDC User's Guide: HTML | PDF (5,706 KB)
• Sun Java Wireless Toolkit for CLDC Basic Customization Guide: HTML | PDF (344 KB)

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TV & Telephony

Java TV Technology provides a development and deployment platform for interactive digital television.

• Java Technology for Digital Media Datasheet
• Java TV White Papers

Java Telephony API is an extensible API designed to scale for use in a range of domains. See JTAPI White Papers.

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Test Tools

 

JavaTest Harness

The following documentation describes how to create test suites for use with the JavaTest 4.1.3 harness and includes documents that describe how to use the harness:

• JavaTest Harness Datasheet
• JavaTest Architect's Guide
  Describes how to create test suites that work with the JavaTest harness. This manual includes tutorials that introduce you to the JavaTest GUI and help you build your first test suite. The manual also describes how the JavaTest harness works and contains instructions for creating custom components for your test suite.
• JavaTest User's Guide - Graphical User Interface
  Describes how to use the JavaTest harness graphical user interface to run test suites and evaluate test results.
• JavaTest User's Guide - Command-Line User Interface
  Describes how to use the JavaTest command-line interface to configure and execute tests and create reports without using the GUI -- this allows you to use the JavaTest harness to run tests in build scripts and other automated processes.
• JavaTest Agent Users's Guide
  An agent is a separate program that works in conjunction with the JavaTest harness to run tests on a system other than the one that is running the JavaTest harness. You can use custom agents or the JavaTest agent provided with the harness to run tests. The topics in this User's Guide describe how to configure and run the agent provided with the JavaTest harness. If you are using a custom agent (for example, the Java ME TCK Framework), refer to your test suite documentation for a description of how to configure and run it.

Java ME TCK Framework

The following documentation describes the version 1.2 Java ME TCK Framework and how to use it with your TCK test suites.

• Java Platform, Micro Edition Technology Compatibility Kit Framework Datasheet
• Java ME TCK Framework Developer's Guide
  Describes how to use resources from the Java ME technology Test Configuration Kit Framework (Framework) to develop and configure test suites and tests for Java ME technologies.

The following documents can help you develop your TCK. Using some or all of these documents may help you reduce TCK development time and improve the quality of your TCK.

Note that these documents were originally developed as part of a product used by Java Community Process (JCP) Spec Leads. For that reason, the documents refer to JCP procedures that may not apply to your project. These documents are provided for you convenience.

• TCK Project Planning Guide
  Provides an overview and starting point for developing a Technology Compatibility Kit (TCK). It is a high-level planning guide that describes a process for developing TCKs.
• Test Suite Developer's Guide
  Describes how to design and write tests for any TCK. It also provides "how-to" instructions that describe how to build your TCK and write the tests that become your TCK's test suite. It includes examples of testable and non-testable assertions and the applicable test code.

SigTest Tool

• The SigTest Tool User's Guide documentation describes how to use SigTest tool to compare the signatures of two different implementations of the same API.

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Java Verified Program

 

• Java Verified Program and Unified Testing Initiative Datasheet

 

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