The Java Tutorial Fourth Edition: A Short Course on the Basics

Chapter 14. The Platform Environment AN application runs in a platform environment, defined by the underlying operating system, the Java virtual machine, the class libraries, and various configuration data supplied when the application is ...

Configuration Utilities This section describes some of the configuration utilities that help an application access its startup context. Properties Properties are configuration values managed as key/value pairs. In each pair, the key and value ...

System Utilities The System[10] class implements a number of system utilities. Some of these have already been covered in the Configuration Utilities section (page 443). This section covers some of the other system utilities.[10] docs/api/java/l...

PATH and CLASSPATH This section explains how to use the PATH and CLASSPATH environment variables on Microsoft Windows, Solaris, and Linux. Consult the installation instructions included with your installation of the Java Development Kit (JDK) soft...

Questions and Exercises: The Platform Environment Questions A programmer installs a new library contained in a .jar file. In order to access the library from his code, he sets the CLASSPATH environment variable to point to the new .jar file. No...