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Java (software platform)From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaNot to be confused with JavaScript.

This article may require copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone, or spelling. You can assist by editing it. (February 2016)Java (software platform) Dukesource125.gifThe Java technology logoOriginal author(s) James Gosling, Sun MicrosystemsDeveloper(s) Oracle CorporationInitial release 23 January 1996; 20 years ago[1][2]Stable release 8 Update 73 (1.8.0_73) (February 5, 2016; 34 days ago) [±][3]Preview release 9 Build b90 (November 2, 2015; 4 months ago) [±][4]Written in Java, C++[5]Operating system Windows, Solaris, Linux, OS X[6]Platform Cross-platformAvailable in 30+ languagesList of languages[show]Type Software platformLicense Freeware, mostly open-source,[8] with a few proprietary[9] components[10]Website www.java.com

Java is a set of computer software and specifications developed by Sun Microsyst

ems, later acquired by Oracle Corporation, that provides a system for developing application software and deploying it in a cross-platform computing environment. Java is used in a wide variety of computing platforms from embedded devices and mobile phones to enterprise servers and supercomputers. While less common, Java applets run in secure, sandboxed environments to provide many features of native applications and can be embedded in HTML pages.

Writing in the Java programming language is the primary way to produce code that will be deployed as byte code in a Java Virtual Machine (JVM); byte code compilers are also available for other languages, including Ada, JavaScript, Python, and Ruby. In addition, several languages have been designed to run natively on the JVM, including Scala, Clojure and Groovy. Java syntax borrows heavily from C and C++, but object-oriented features are modeled after Smalltalk and Objective-C

.[11] Java eschews certain low-level constructs such as pointers and has a verysimple memory model where every object is allocated on the heap and all variables of object types are references. Memory management is handled through integrated automatic garbage collection performed by the JVM.

On November 13, 2006, Sun Microsystems made the bulk of its implementation of Java available under the GNU General Public License (GPL).[12][13]

The latest version is Java 8, the only supported version in 2015.

Contents

1 Platform

1.1 Java Virtual Machine 1.2 Class libraries 1.3 Languages 1.4 Similar platforms 1.5 Java Development Kit 2 History 2.1 Java meets the Web 2.2 Version history 3 Usage 3.1 Desktop use


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3.2 Mobile devices 3.3 Web server and enterprise use 4 Mascot 5 Licensing 5.1 Free software 6 Criticism 6.1 Generics 6.2 Unsigned integer types 6.3 Floating point arithmetic 6.4 Performance 6.5 Security 6.6 Adware 6.7 Redundancy 6.8 Update system 7 See also 8 References 9 External links

Platform

The Java platform is a suite of programs that facilitate developing and runningprograms written in the Java programming language. A Java platform will includean execution engine (called a virtual machine), a compiler and a set of libraries; there may also be additional servers and alternative libraries that depend on

the requirements. Java is not specific to any processor or operating system asJava platforms have been implemented for a wide variety of hardware and operating systems with a view to Java programs running identically on all of them. Platforms target different classes of device and application domain:

Java Card: A technology that allows small Java-based applications (applets)to be run securely on smart cards and similar small-memory devices. Java ME (Micro Edition): Specifies several different sets of libraries (known as profiles) for devices with limited storage, display, and power capacities.Often used to develop applications for mobile devices, PDAs, TV set-top boxes, and printers. Java SE (Standard Edition): For general-purpose use on desktop PCs, serversand similar devices.

Java EE (Enterprise Edition): Java SE plus various APIs useful for multi-tier client±server enterprise applications.

The Java platform consists of several programs, each of which provides a portion of its overall capabilities. For example, the Java compiler, which converts Java source code into Java bytecode (an intermediate language for the JVM), is provided as part of the Java Development Kit (JDK). The Java Runtime Environment (JRE), complementing the JVM with a just-in-time (JIT) compiler, converts intermediate bytecode into native machine code on the fly. An extensive set of librariesare also part of the Java platform.

The essential components in the platform are the Java language compiler, the libraries, and the runtime environment in which Java intermediate bytecode executes

according to the rules laid out in the virtual machine specification.Java Virtual MachineMain article: Java Virtual Machine

The heart of the Java platform is the concept of a "virtual machine" that executes Java bytecode programs. This bytecode is the same no matter what hardware oroperating system the program is running under. There is a JIT (Just In Time) compiler within the Java Virtual Machine, or JVM. The JIT compiler translates the Java bytecode into native processor instructions at run-time and caches the native code in memory during execution.


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The use of bytecode as an intermediate language permits Java programs to run onany platform that has a virtual machine available. The use of a JIT compiler means that Java applications, after a short delay during loading and once they have "warmed up" by being all or mostly JIT-compiled, tend to run about as fast as native programs.[citation needed] Since JRE version 1.2, Sun's JVM implementation has included a just-in-time compiler instead of an interpreter.

Although Java programs are cross-platform or platform independent, the code of the Java Virtual Machines (JVM) that execute these programs is not. Every supported operating platform has its own JVM.Class librariesMain article: Java Class Library

In most modern operating systems (OSs), a large body of reusable code is provided to simplify the programmer's job. This code is typically provided as a set ofdynamically loadable libraries that applications can call at runtime. Because the Java platform is not dependent on any specific operating system, applicationscannot rely on any of the pre-existing OS libraries. Instead, the Java platformprovides a comprehensive set of its own standard class libraries containing much of the same reusable functions commonly found in modern operating systems. Most of the system library is also written in Java. For instance, Swing library paints the user interface and handles the events itself, eliminating many subtle differences between how different platforms handle even similar components.

The Java class libraries serve three purposes within the Java platform. First, like other standard code libraries, the Java libraries provide the programmer a well-known set of functions to perform common tasks, such as maintaining lists of items or performing complex string parsing. Second, the class libraries provide an abstract interface to tasks that would normally depend heavily on the hardware and operating system. Tasks such as network access and file access are oftenheavily intertwined with the distinctive implementations of each platform. The java.net and java.io libraries implement an abstraction layer in native OS code,then provide a standard interface for the Java applications to perform those tasks. Finally, when some underlying platform does not support all of the featuresa Java application expects, the class libraries work to gracefully handle the absent components, either by emulation to provide a substitute, or at least by pro

viding a consistent way to check for the presence of a specific feature.LanguagesSee also: List of JVM languages and JVM programming languages

The word "Java", alone, usually refers to Java programming language that was designed for use with the Java platform. Programming languages are typically outside of the scope of the phrase "platform", although the Java programming languagewas listed as a core part of the Java platform before Java 7. The language and runtime were therefore commonly considered a single unit. However, an effort wasmade with the Java 7 specification to more clearly treat the Java language and the Java virtual machine as separate entities, so that they are no longer considered a single unit.[14]

Third parties have produced many compilers or interpreters that target the JVM.Some of these are for existing languages, while others are for extensions to the Java language. These include:

BeanShell ± A lightweight scripting language for Java[15] Clojure ± A dialect of the Lisp programming language Groovy, a dynamic language with features similar to those of Python, Ruby, Perl, and Smalltalk JRuby ± A Ruby interpreter Jython ± A Python interpreter


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urther, he proposed to Sun that its engineers should produce an object-orientedenvironment based on C++. Initially, Gosling attempted to modify and extend C++(a proposed development that he referred to as "C++ ++ --") but soon abandoned that in favor of creating a new language, which he called Oak, after the tree that stood just outside his office.[citation needed]

By the summer of 1992, the team could demonstrate portions of the new platform,including the Green OS, the Oak language, the libraries, and the hardware. Their first demonstration, on September 3, 1992, focused on building a personal digital assistant (PDA) device named Star7[1] that had a graphical interface and a smart agent called "Duke" to assist the user. In November of that year, the GreenProject was spun off to become Firstperson, a wholly owned subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, and the team relocated to Palo Alto, California.[17] The Firstpersonteam had an interest in building highly interactive devices, and when Time Warner issued a request for proposal (RFP) for a set-top box, Firstperson changed their target and responded with a proposal for a set-top box platform. However, the cable industry felt that their platform gave too much control to the user; Firstperson lost their bid to SGI. An additional deal with The 3DO Company for a set-top box also failed to materialize. Unable to generate interest within the television industry, the company was rolled back into Sun.Java meets the Web

In June and July 1994 ± after three days of brainstorming with John Gage (the Director of Science for Sun), Gosling, Joy, Naughton, Wayne Rosing, and Eric Schmidt

± the team re-targeted the platform for the World Wide Web. They felt that with the advent of graphical web browsers like Mosaic the Internet could evolve into the same highly interactive medium that they had envisioned for cable TV. As a prototype, Naughton wrote a small browser, WebRunner (named after the movie BladeRunner), renamed HotJava[16] in 1995.

In 1994, Sun renamed the Oak language as Java after a trademark search revealedthat Oak Technology used the name Oak.[18] Although Java 1.0a became available for download in 1994, the first public release of Java, Java 1.0a2 with the HotJava browser, came on May 23, 1995, announced by Gage at the SunWorld conference.Accompanying Gage's announcement, Marc Andreessen, Executive Vice President of Netscape Communications Corporation, unexpectedly announced that Netscape browsers would include Java support. On January 9, 1996, Sun Microsystems formed the Ja

vaSoft group to develop the technology.[19]Version historyMain article: Java version history

The Java language has undergone several changes since the release of JDK (Java Development Kit) 1.0 on January 23, 1996, as well as numerous additions of classes and packages to the standard library. Since J2SE 1.4 the Java Community Process (JCP) has governed the evolution of the Java Language. The JCP uses Java Specification Requests (JSRs) to propose and specify additions and changes to the Java platform. The Java Language Specification (JLS) specifies the language; changes to the JLS are managed under JSR 901.[20]

Sun released JDK 1.1 on February 19, 1997. Major additions included an extensive

retooling of the AWT event model, inner classes added to the language, JavaBeans and JDBC.

J2SE 1.2 (December 8, 1998) ± Codename Playground. This and subsequent releases through J2SE 5.0 were rebranded Java 2 and the version name "J2SE" (Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition) replaced JDK to distinguish the base platform from J2EE (Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition) and J2ME (Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition). Major additions included reflection, a collections framework, Java IDL (an interface description language implementation for CORBA interoperability), and the integration of the Swing graphical API into the core classes. A Java Plug-in was rel


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eased, and Sun's JVM was equipped with a JIT compiler for the first time.

J2SE 1.3 (May 8, 2000) ± Codename Kestrel. Notable changes included the bundling of the HotSpot JVM (the HotSpot JVM was first released in April, 1999 for the J2SE 1.2 JVM), JavaSound, Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) and Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA).

J2SE 1.4 (February 6, 2002) ± Codename Merlin. This became the first release of the Java platform developed under the Java Community Process as JSR 59.[21] Majorchanges included regular expressions modeled after Perl, exception chaining, anintegrated XML parser and XSLT processor (JAXP), and Java Web Start.

J2SE 5.0 (September 30, 2004) ± Codename Tiger. Originally numbered 1.5, which isstill used as the internal version number.[22] Developed under JSR 176, Tiger added several significant new language features including the for-each loop, generics, autoboxing and var-args.[23]

Java SE 6 (December 11, 2006) ± Codename Mustang. Bundled with a database managerand facilitates the use of scripting languages with the JVM (such as JavaScriptusing Mozilla's Rhino engine). As of this version, Sun replaced the name "J2SE"with Java SE and dropped the ".0" from the version number.[24] Other major changes include support for pluggable annotations (JSR 269), many GUI improvements, including native UI enhancements to support the look and feel of Windows Vista, and improvements to the Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA) & JVM Tool Int

erface for better monitoring and troubleshooting.

Java SE 7 (July 28, 2011) ± Codename Dolphin. This version developed under JSR 336.[25] It added many small language changes including strings in switch, try-with-resources and type inference for generic instance creation. The JVM was extended with support for dynamic languages, while the class library was extended among others with a join/fork framework,[26] an improved new file I/O library and support for new network protocols such as SCTP. Java 7 Update 76 was released in January 2015, with expiration date April 14, 2015.[27]

The current version, Java SE 8 (March 18, 2014). Notable changes include language-level support for lambda expressions (closures) and default methods, the Project Nashorn JavaScript runtime, a new Date and Time API inspired by Joda Time, an

d the removal of PermGen. This version is not officially supported on the Windows XP platform.[28] However, due to the end of Java 7's lifecycle it is the recommended version for XP users. Previously, only an unofficial manual installationmethod had been described for Windows XP SP3. It refers to JDK8, the developingplatform for Java that also includes a fully functioning Java Runtime Environment.[29]

In addition to language changes, significant changes have been made to the Javaclass library over the years, which has grown from a few hundred classes in JDK1.0 to over three thousand in J2SE 5.0. Entire new APIs, such as Swing and Java2D, have evolved, and many of the original JDK 1.0 classes and methods have been deprecated.Usage

Desktop use

According to Oracle, the Java Runtime Environment is found on over 850 million PCs.[30] Microsoft has not bundled a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) with its operating systems since Sun Microsystems sued Microsoft for adding Windows-specificclasses to the bundled Java runtime environment, and for making the new classesavailable through Visual J++.[citation needed] Apple no longer includes a Java runtime with OS X as of version 10.7, but the system prompts the user to download and install it the first time an application requiring the JRE is launched.[citation needed] Many Linux distributions include the partially compatible free sof


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tware package GNU Classpath[31] and increasingly mostly compatible IcedTea.

Some Java applications are in fairly widespread desktop use, including the NetBeans and Eclipse integrated development environments, and file sharing clients such as LimeWire and Vuze. Java is also used in the MATLAB mathematics programming environment, both for rendering the user interface and as part of the core system. Java provides cross platform user interface for some high end collaborativeapplications like Lotus Notes.Mobile devices

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Java ME has become popular in mobile devices, where it competes with Symbian, BREW, and the .NET Compact Framework.

The diversity of mobile phone manufacturers has led to a need for new unified standards so programs can run on phones from different suppliers ± MIDP. The first standard was MIDP 1, which assumed a small screen size, no access to audio, and a 32kB program limit. The more recent MIDP 2 allows access to audio, and up to 64kB for the program size. With handset designs improving more rapidly than the standards, some manufacturers relax some limitations in the standards, for example, maximum program size.

Google's Android operating system uses the Java language, but not its class libraries, therefore the Android platform cannot be called Java. Android executes the code on the ART VM (formerly the Dalvik VM up to Android 4.4.4) instead of the Java VM.Web server and enterprise use

The Java platform has become a mainstay of enterprise IT development since the introduction of the Enterprise Edition in 1998, in two different ways:

Through the coupling of Java to the web server, the Java platform has become a leading platform for integrating the Web with enterprise backend systems. This has allowed companies to move part or all of their business to the Internet environment by way of highly interactive online environments (such as highly dynam

ic websites) that allow the customer direct access to the business processes (e.g. online banking websites, airline booking systems and so on). This trend has continued from its initial Web-based start: The Java platform has matured into an Enterprise Integration role in which legacy systems are unlocked to the outside world through bridges built on the Java platform. This trend has been supported for Java platform support for EAIstandards like messaging and Web services and has fueled the inclusion of the Java platform as a development basis in such standards as SCA, XAM and others. Java has become the standard development platform for many companies' IT departments, which do most or all of their corporate development in Java. Thistype of development is usually related to company-specific tooling (e.g. a booking tool for an airline) and the choice for the Java platform is often driven bya desire to leverage the existing Java infrastructure to build highly intelligen

t and interconnected tools. The Java platform has become the main development platform for many software tools and platforms that are produced by third-party software groups (commercial, open source and hybrid) and are used as configurable (rather than programmable) tools by companies. Examples in this category include Web servers, application servers, databases, enterprise service buses, business process management (BPM) tools and content management systems.

Enterprise use of Java has also long been the main driver of open source interest in the platform. This interest has inspired open source communities to produce


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a large amount of software, including simple function libraries, development frameworks (e.g. the Spring Framework, Apache Wicket, Dojo Toolkit, Hibernate), and open source implementations of standards and tools (e.g. Apache Tomcat, the GlassFish application server, the Mule and Apache ServiceMix Enterprise service buses).MascotPlain ol' Duke

Duke is Java's mascot.[32]

When Sun announced that Java SE and Java ME would be released under a free software license (the GNU General Public License), they released the Duke graphics under the free BSD license at the same time.[33] A new Duke personality is created every year.[34] For example, in July 2011 "Future Tech Duke" included a biggernose, a jetpack, and blue wings.[35]Licensing

The source code for Sun's implementations of Java (that is the de facto reference implementation) has been available for some time, but until recently the license terms severely restricted what could be done with it without signing (and generally paying for) a contract with Sun. As such these terms did not satisfy therequirements of either the Open Source Initiative or the Free Software Foundation to be considered open source or free software, and Sun Java was therefore a proprietary platform.[36]

While several third-party projects (e.g. GNU Classpath and Apache Harmony) created free software partial Java implementations, the large size of the Sun libraries combined with the use of clean room methods meant that their implementationsof the Java libraries (the compiler and VM are comparatively small and well defined) were incomplete and not fully compatible. These implementations also tended to be far less optimized than Sun's.[citation needed]Free softwareSee also: OpenJDK

Sun announced in JavaOne 2006 that Java would become free and open source software,[37] and on October 25, 2006, at the Oracle OpenWorld conference, Jonathan I. Schwartz said that the company was set to announce the release of the core Java

Platform as free and open source software within 30 to 60 days.[38]

Sun released the Java HotSpot virtual machine and compiler as free software under the GNU General Public License on November 13, 2006, with a promise that the rest of the JDK (that includes the JRE) would be placed under the GPL by March 2007 ("except for a few components that Sun does not have the right to publish indistributable source form under the GPL").[39] According to Richard Stallman, this would mean an end to the "Java trap".[40] Mark Shuttleworth called the initial press announcement, "A real milestone for the free software community".[41]

Sun released the source code of the Class library under GPL on May 8, 2007, except some limited parts that were licensed by Sun from 3rd parties who did not want their code to be released under a free software and open-source license.[42] S

ome of the encumbered parts turned out to be fairly key parts of the platform such as font rendering and 2D rasterising, but these were released as open-sourcelater by Sun (see OpenJDK Class library).

Sun's goal was to replace the parts that remain proprietary and closed-source with alternative implementations and make the class library completely free and open source. In the meantime, a third party project called IcedTea created a completely free and highly usable JDK by replacing encumbered code with either stubsor code from GNU Classpath. Although OpenJDK has since become buildable withoutthe encumbered parts (from OpenJDK 6 b10[43]), IcedTea is still used by the majo


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rity of distributions, such as Fedora, RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Gentoo, Arch Linuxand Slackware, as it provides security releases and an easier means for patch inclusion. OpenJDK also still doesn't include a browser plugin & Web Start implementation, so IcedTea's companion project, IcedTea-Web, is needed to fill this gap.

In June 2008, it was announced that IcedTea6 (as the packaged version of OpenJDK on Fedora 9) has passed the Technology Compatibility Kit tests and can claim to be a fully compatible Java 6 implementation.[44]

Because OpenJDK is under the GPL, it is possible to redistribute a custom version of the JRE directly with software applications,[45][46] rather than requiringthe enduser (or their sysadmin) to download and install the correct version of the proprietary Oracle JRE onto each of their systems themselves.CriticismMain article: Criticism of Java

In most cases, Java support is unnecessary in Web browsers, and security experts recommend that it not be run in a browser unless absolutely necessary.[47] It was suggested that, if Java is required by a few Web sites, users should have a separate browser installation specifically for those sites.GenericsFurther information: Generics in Java

When generics were added to Java 5.0, there was already a large framework of classes (many of which were already deprecated), so generics were chosen to be implemented using erasure to allow for migration compatibility and re-use of these existing classes. This limited the features that could be provided by this addition as compared to some other languages.[48][49]Unsigned integer types

Java lacks native unsigned integer types. Unsigned data are often generated from programs written in C and the lack of these types prevents direct data interchange between C and Java. Unsigned large numbers are also used in many numeric processing fields, including cryptography, which can make Java less convenient to use for these tasks.[50] Although it is possible to partially circumvent this problem with conversion code and using larger data types, it makes using Java cumbe

rsome for handling the unsigned data. While a 32-bit signed integer may be usedto hold a 16-bit unsigned value with relative ease, a 32-bit unsigned value would require a 64-bit signed integer. Additionally, a 64-bit unsigned value cannotbe stored using any integer type in Java because no type larger than 64 bits exists in the Java language. If abstracted using functions, function calls become necessary for many operations which are native to some other languages. Alternatively, it is possible to use Java's signed integers to emulate unsigned integersof the same size, but this requires detailed knowledge of complex bitwise operations.[51]Floating point arithmetic

While Java's floating point arithmetic is largely based on IEEE 754 (Standard for Binary Floating-Point Arithmetic), certain features are not supported even whe

n using the strictfp modifier, such as Exception Flags and Directed Roundings Ð capabilities mandated by IEEE Standard 754. Additionally, the extended precision floating-point types permitted in 754 and present in many processors are not permitted in Java.[52][53]PerformanceFurther information: Java performance

In the early days of Java (before the HotSpot VM was implemented in Java 1.3 in2000) there were some criticisms of performance. However, benchmarks typically report Java as being about 50% slower than C (a language which compiles to native


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code).[54][55][56]

Java's performance has improved substantially since the early versions.[57] Performance of JIT compilers relative to native compilers has in some optimized tests been shown to be quite similar.[57][58][59]

Java bytecode can either be interpreted at run time by a virtual machine, or itcan be compiled at load time or runtime into native code which runs directly onthe computer's hardware. Interpretation is slower than native execution, and compilation at load time or runtime has an initial performance penalty for the compilation. Modern performant JVM implementations all use the compilation approach, so after the initial startup time the performance is equivalent to native code.SecurityFurther information: Java security

The Java platform provides a security architecture[60] which is designed to allow the user to run untrusted bytecode in a "sandboxed" manner to protect againstmalicious or poorly written software. This "sandboxing" feature is intended to protect the user by restricting access to certain platform features and APIs which could be exploited by malware, such as accessing the local filesystem, running arbitrary commands, or accessing communication networks.

In recent years, researchers have discovered numerous security flaws in some widely used Java implementations, including Oracle's, which allow untrusted code to

bypass the sandboxing mechanism, exposing users to malicious attacks. These flaws affect only Java applications which execute arbitrary untrusted bytecode, such as web browser plug-ins that run Java applets downloaded from public websites. Applications where the user trusts, and has full control over, all code that is being executed are unaffected.

On August 31, 2012, Java 6 and 7 on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux werefound to have a serious security flaw that allowed a remote exploit to take place by simply loading a malicious web page.[61] Java 5 was later found to be flawed as well.[62]

On January 10, 2013, three computer specialists spoke out against Java, tellingReuters that it was not secure and that people should disable Java. Jaime Blasco

, Labs Manager with AlienVault Labs, stated that "Java is a mess. It's not secure. You have to disable it."[63] This vulnerability affects Java 7 and it is unclear if it affects Java 6, so it is suggested that consumers disable it.[64][65] Security alerts from Oracle announce schedules of critical security-related patches to Java.[66]

On January 14, 2013, security experts said that the update still failed to protect PCs from attack.[67] This exploit hole prompted a response from the United States Department of Homeland Security encouraging users to disable or uninstall Java.[68] Apple blacklisted Java in limited order for all computers running its Mac OS X operating system through a virus protection program.[69]Adware

The Java browser runtime environment has a history of bundling sponsored software to be installed by default during installation and during the updates which roll out every month or so. This includes the "Ask.com toolbar" that will redirect browser searches to ads and "McAfee Security Scan Plus".[70]Redundancy

Several authors[weasel words] inline with recent Java security and vulnerability issues have called for users to ditch Java. "Once promising, it has outlived its usefulness in the browser, and has become a nightmare that delights cyber-criminals at the expense of computer users."[71] "I think everyone should uninstall


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Java from all their PCs and Macs, and then think carefully about whether they need to add it back. If you are a typical home user, you can probably do without it. If you are a business user, you may not have a choice."[72]Update system

Java has yet to release an automatic updater that does not require user intervention and administrative rights[73] unlike Google Chrome[74] and Flash player.[75]

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