SE450: Java Tools Overview [26/41]

Java tools are part of the JDK

They consist of:

• javac - The java compiler
• java - The java launcher
• javadoc - The java documentation generator
• jar - the Java ARchive tool
• jdb - the Java Debugger
• javap - the .class file disassembler
• appletviewer - a tool to run and debug applets w/o a browser
• javah, extcheck, rmi tools, i18n, security tools, idl/RMI-IOOP tools, and Java Plug-in tools are also included in the distribution

You can download the Sun 1.4 JDK at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/download.html. Make sure you get the SDK and not just the JRE (Java Runtime Environement). You can also download the J2SE documentation at the same time. This is highly recommended, since it allows you to browse most of the docs locally. These docs will come in very handy throughout the course.