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Features of Java: Simple

Java is an object-oriented programming language with many features including: 1) It is simple, secure, robust, and portable. 2) Programs are written once and can run on any platform (Windows, Linux, MacOS etc.) due to being platform independent. 3) It supports multi-threading, distribution and high-performance.

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Features of Java: Simple

Java is an object-oriented programming language with many features including: 1) It is simple, secure, robust, and portable. 2) Programs are written once and can run on any platform (Windows, Linux, MacOS etc.) due to being platform independent. 3) It supports multi-threading, distribution and high-performance.

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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. Platform independent
4. Secured
5. Robust
6. Architecture neutral
7. Portable
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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