The Java Language

CS 161 - Java

Pieces that make up the Java Platform

Java Language

The syntax and constructs for writing Java code

The Java compiler is the tool that understands the language and generates Java bytecode instructions from source files.

The collection of packages of standard Java classes that you use as building blocks.

The API documentation describes the standard Java packages.

The environment in which Java code runs: the program that executes Java code.

The Java interpreter or Just In Time (JIT) compiler is part of the JVM

Question: What's an interpreter?

Question: What's a JIT?