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Features of Java
There is given many features of java. They are also known as java buzzwords. The
Java Features given below are simple and easy to understand.
1. Simple
2. Object-Oriented
3. Portable
4. Platform independent
5. Secured
6. Robust
7. Architecture neutral
8. Dynamic
9. Interpreted
10. High Performance
11. Multithreaded
12. Distributed
Simple
According to Sun, Java language is simple because:
syntax is based on C++ (so easier for programmers to learn it after C++).
removed many confusing and/or rarely-used features e.g., explicit pointers,
operator overloading etc.
No need to remove unreferenced objects because there is Automatic Garbage
Collection in java.
Object-oriented
Object-oriented means we organize our software as a combination of different
types of objects that incorporates both data and behaviour.
Object-oriented programming(OOPs) is a methodology that simplify software
development and maintenance by providing some rules.
Basic concepts of OOPs are:
1. Object
2. Class
3. Inheritance
4. Polymorphism
5. Abstraction
6. Encapsulation
Platform Independent
A platform is the hardware or software environment in which a program runs.
There are two types of platforms software-based and hardware-based. Java
provides software-based platform.
The Java platform differs from most other platforms in the sense that it is a
software-based platform that runs on the top of other hardware-based platforms.
It has two components:
1. Runtime Environment
2. API(Application Programming Interface)
Java code can be run on multiple platforms e.g. Windows, Linux, Sun Solaris,
Mac/OS etc. Java code is compiled by the compiler and converted into bytecode.
This bytecode is a platform-independent code because it can be run on multiple
platforms i.e. Write Once and Run Anywhere(WORA).
Secured
Java is secured because:
No explicit pointer
Java Programs run inside virtual machine sandbox
Classloader: adds security by separating the package for the classes of
the local file system from those that are imported from network sources.
Bytecode Verifier: checks the code fragments for illegal code that can
violate access right to objects.
Security Manager: determines what resources a class can access such as
reading and writing to the local disk.
These security are provided by java language. Some security can also be provided
by application developer through SSL, JAAS, Cryptography etc.
Robust
Robust simply means strong. Java uses strong memory management. There are
lack of pointers that avoids security problem. There is automatic garbage
collection in java. There is exception handling and type checking mechanism in
java. All these points makes java robust.
Architecture-neutral
There is no implementation dependent features e.g. size of primitive types is
fixed.
In C programming, int data type occupies 2 bytes of memory for 32-bit
architecture and 4 bytes of memory for 64-bit architecture. But in java, it occupies
4 bytes of memory for both 32 and 64 bit architectures.
Portable
We may carry the java bytecode to any platform.
High-performance
Java is faster than traditional interpretation since byte code is "close" to native
code still somewhat slower than a compiled language (e.g., C++)
Distributed
We can create distributed applications in java. RMI and EJB are used for creating
distributed applications. We may access files by calling the methods from any
machine on the internet.
Multi-threaded
A thread is like a separate program, executing concurrently. We can write Java
programs that deal with many tasks at once by defining multiple threads. The
main advantage of multi-threading is that it doesn't occupy memory for each
thread. It shares a common memory area. Threads are important for multi-media,
Web applications etc.
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