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The Jini^TM Technology Core Platform Compatibility Kit (TCK) is a code and documentation bundle that is part of a process used to qualify hardware or software based on Jini network technology (Jini technology) for internal deployment as well as for branding, as specified by the Sun^TM Community Source License v 3.0/Jini Technology Specific Attachment v 1.0 (SCSL3/Jini TSA 1.0) that you agreed to prior to downloading the TCK and the Jini Technology Starter Kit.

The purpose of compatibility testing is to ensure that products issued with the Jini compatibility logo are good citizens in the environment of Jini technology-enabled services and/or devices (good lookup citizens). To be a good lookup citizen, a product must interoperate with other good lookup citizens and behave in a way that doesn't cause trouble for the rest of the networks, such as swamping a network with too much traffic. The rules of good citizenship are detailed in the Jini Technology Core Platform Specification, which the TCK is designed to enforce.

The TCK software consists of a test framework and a set of tests that verify that a Jini technology-enabled product meets the core specifications. Note that a single TCK installation can test clients, services, and lookup services.

Verify that your path environment variable is set up properly

Please take a look at the list below of platforms on which the Jini Technology Starter Kit has been tested.

Make sure that the Java^TM 2 SDK, Standard Edition executable files are accessible from your executable path environment variable. You can test to ensure that you have a version of the Java 2 SDK installed that is v1.2.2 or later and that your executable path is set up properly by typing:

	java -version
    

Install the Jini Technology Core Platform Compatibility Kit v1.1B

Once you have downloaded the Jini Technology Core Platform Compatibility Kit v1.1B you will need to extract it. For example,

On a UNIX platform, the following commands

	% mkdir /test
	% cp jinitck-1_1b-src.zip /test
	% cd /test 
	% jar xvf jinitck-1_1b-src.zip
    

would result in the creation of the /test/jinitck1_1B directory, which will be referred to as the TCK installation directory.

On the Microsoft Windows NT platform, the following commands

C:\> mkdir C:\test C:\> copy jinitck-1_1b-src.zip C:\test C:\> cd C:\test C:\> jar xvf jinitck-1_1b-src.zip

would result in the creation of the C:\test\jinitck1_1B directory, which will be referred to as the TCK installation directory.

Platforms on which the Jini Technology Starter Kit has been tested

While you may use another platform configuration, if you encounter problems, you should try one of these:

Reference Implementation:

Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, v 1.2.2_006 Solaris Reference Implementation on the latest FCS versions of Solaris 2.6, Solaris 2.7, and Solaris 8 on Sparc.

Production Releases:

Java 2 SDK Standard Edition, v 1.2.2_05a Solaris Production release on the latest FCS versions of Solaris 2.6, Solaris 2.7, and Solaris 8 on Sparc and Solaris 8 on X86.

Java 2 SDK Standard Edition, v 1.2.2_006 Windows 95/98/NT Production Release Windows 2000 (2nd Edition) and NT 4.0 (SP6).

Java 2 Standard Edition (J2SE) Version 1.3.0 Production Release for Win95/98/2K/NT on Windows 2000 (2nd Edition) and NT 4.0 (SP6).

Java 2 SDK Standard Edition, v 1.3.0 Solaris Production on the latest FCS version of Solaris 2.6, Solaris 2.7, and Solaris 8 on Sparc and Solaris 8 on X86.

All of these Java 2 SDK releases are available from http://java.sun.com/j2se/