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Introduction
Thank you for downloading this release of the Java(TM) 2 SDK,
Standard Edition. The Java 2 SDK is a development environment for
building applications, applets, and components that can be
deployed on the Java platform.
The Java 2 SDK software includes tools useful for developing and
testing programs written in the Java programming language and
running on the Java platform. These tools are designed to be used
from the command line. Except for appletviewer, these tools do not
provide a graphical user interface.
Release Notes
See the Release Notes on the Java Software web site for additional
information pertaining to this release.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.1/relnotes.html
The on-line release notes will be updated as needed, so you should
check it occasionally for the latest information.
Redistribution
The term "vendors" used here refers to licensees, developers,
and independent software vendors (ISVs) who license and
distribute the Java 2 Runtime Environment with their programs.
Vendors must follow the terms of the Java 2 SDK, Standard
Edition, Binary Code License agreement.
Required vs. Optional Files
The files that make up the Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, are
divided into two categories: required and optional. Optional
files may be excluded from redistributions of the Java 2 SDK
at the vendor's discretion. The following section contains a
list of the files and directories that may optionally be
omitted from redistributions of the Java 2 SDK. All files not
in these lists of optional files must be included in
redistributions of the Java 2 SDK.
Optional Files and Directories
The following files may be optionally excluded from
redistributions:
jre/lib/charsets.jar
Character conversion classes
jre/lib/ext/
sunjce_provider.jar - the SunJCE provider for Java
Cryptography APIs
localedata.jar - contains many of the resources
needed for non US English locales
ldapsec.jar - contains security features supported
by the LDAP service provider
dnsns.jar - for the InetAddress wrapper of JNDI DNS
provider
bin/rmid and jre/bin/rmid
Java RMI Activation System Daemon
bin/rmiregistry and jre/bin/rmiregistry
Java Remote Object Registry
bin/tnameserv and jre/bin/tnameserv
Java IDL Name Server
bin/keytool and jre/bin/keytool
Key and Certificate Management Tool
bin/kinit and jre/bin/kinit
Used to obtain and cache Kerberos ticket-granting tickets
bin/klist and jre/bin/klist
Kerberos display entries in credentials cache and keytab
bin/ktab and jre/bin/ktab
Kerberos key table manager
bin/policytool and jre/bin/policytool
Policy File Creation and Management Tool
bin/orbd and jre/bin/orbd
Object Request Broker Daemon
bin/servertool and jre/bin/servertool
Java IDL Server Tool
src.zip
Archive of source files
In addition, the Java Web Start product may be excluded from
redistributions. The Java Web Start product is contained in a
file named javaws-1_2-solaris-sparc-i.zip,
javaws-1_2-solaris-i586-i.zip,
javaws-1_2-linux-i586-i.zip, or
javaws-1_2-windows-i586-i.exe, depending on the platform.
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The Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, is a product of Sun Microsystems(TM),
Inc. This product includes code licensed from RSA Security.
Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara,
California 95054, U.S.A. All rights reserved.