Java™ Platform, Standard Edition 9
API Specification

This document is the API specification for the Java™ Platform, Standard Edition.
Modules 
Module Description
java.activation
Defines the JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF) API.
java.base
Defines the foundational APIs of the Java SE Platform.
java.compiler
Defines the Language Model, Annotation Processing, and Java Compiler APIs.
java.corba
Defines the Java binding of the OMG CORBA APIs, and the RMI-IIOP API.
java.datatransfer
Defines an API for transferring data between and within applications.
java.desktop
Defines the AWT and Swing user interface toolkits, plus APIs for accessibility, audio, imaging, printing, and JavaBeans.
java.instrument
Defines services that allow agents to instrument programs running on the JVM.
java.logging
Defines the Java Logging API.
java.management
Defines the Java Management Extensions (JMX) API.
java.naming
Defines the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) API.
java.prefs
Defines the Preferences API.
java.rmi
Defines the Remote Method Invocation (RMI) API.
java.scripting
Defines the Scripting API.
java.se
Defines the core Java SE API.
java.se.ee
Defines the full API of the Java SE Platform.
java.security.jgss
Defines the Java binding of the IETF Generic Security Services API (GSS-API).
java.security.sasl
Defines Java support for the IETF Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL).
java.smartcardio
Defines the Java Smart Card I/O API.
java.sql
Defines the JDBC API.
java.sql.rowset
Defines the JDBC RowSet API.
java.transaction
Defines a subset of the Java Transaction API (JTA) to support CORBA interop.
java.xml
Defines the Java API for XML Processing (JAXP), the Streaming API for XML (StAX), the Simple API for XML (SAX), and the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) API.
java.xml.bind
Defines the Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) API.
java.xml.crypto
Defines an API for XML cryptography.
java.xml.ws
Defines the Java API for XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS), and the Web Services Metadata API.
javafx.base
Defines the base APIs for the JavaFX UI toolkit, including APIs for bindings, properties, collections, and events.
javafx.controls
This modules defines the UI controls, charts, and skins that are available for the JavaFX UI toolkit.
javafx.fxml
This module defines the FXML APIs for the JavaFX UI toolkit.
javafx.graphics
This module defines the core scenegraph APIs for the JavaFX UI toolkit (such as layout containers, application lifecycle, shapes, transformations, canvas, input, painting, image handling, and effects), as well as APIs for animation, css, concurrency, geometry, printing, and windowing.
javafx.media
Defines APIs for playback of media and audio content, as part of the JavaFX UI toolkit, including MediaView and MediaPlayer.
javafx.swing
Defines APIs for the JavaFX / Swing interop support included with the JavaFX UI toolkit, including SwingNode (for embedding Swing inside a JavaFX application) and JFXPanel (for embedding JavaFX inside a Swing application).
javafx.web
Defines APIs for the WebView functionality contained within the the JavaFX UI toolkit.
jdk.accessibility  
jdk.aot  
jdk.attach
Defines the attach API.
jdk.charsets  
jdk.compiler
Defines the implementation of the system Java compiler and its command line equivalent, javac, as well as javah.
jdk.crypto.ec  
jdk.dynalink
Dynalink is a library for dynamic linking of high-level operations on objects.
jdk.editpad
Implementation of the edit pad service.
jdk.hotspot.agent  
jdk.httpserver  
jdk.incubator.httpclient
Defines the high-level HTTP and WebSocket API.
jdk.jartool  
jdk.javadoc
Defines the implementation of the system documentation tool and its command line equivalent, javadoc.
jdk.jcmd  
jdk.jconsole  
jdk.jdeps
Defines tools for analysing dependencies in Java libraries and programs, including the jdeps and javap tools.
jdk.jdi
Defines the Java Debugger Interface.
jdk.jdwp.agent
Java Debug Wire Protocol.
jdk.jlink  
jdk.jshell
This module provides support for Java™ Programming Language 'snippet' evaluating tools, such as Read-Eval-Print Loops (REPLs).
jdk.jsobject  
jdk.jstatd  
jdk.localedata  
jdk.management  
jdk.naming.dns  
jdk.naming.rmi  
jdk.net  
jdk.pack  
jdk.policytool  
jdk.rmic  
jdk.scripting.nashorn
Nashorn is a runtime environment for programs written in ECMAScript 5.1.
jdk.scripting.nashorn.shell
Nashorn shell module
jdk.sctp  
jdk.security.auth
Contains the implementation of the javax.security.auth.* interfaces and various authentication modules.
jdk.security.jgss
Defines Java extensions to the GSS-API and an implementation of the SASL GSSAPI mechanism.
jdk.unsupported  
jdk.xml.bind  
jdk.xml.dom  
jdk.xml.ws  
jdk.zipfs  
This document is the API specification for the Java™ Platform, Standard Edition.
Modules 
Module Description
java.activation
Defines the JavaBeans Activation Framework (JAF) API.
java.base
Defines the foundational APIs of the Java SE Platform.
java.compiler
Defines the Language Model, Annotation Processing, and Java Compiler APIs.
java.corba
Defines the Java binding of the OMG CORBA APIs, and the RMI-IIOP API.
java.datatransfer
Defines an API for transferring data between and within applications.
java.desktop
Defines the AWT and Swing user interface toolkits, plus APIs for accessibility, audio, imaging, printing, and JavaBeans.
java.instrument
Defines services that allow agents to instrument programs running on the JVM.
java.logging
Defines the Java Logging API.
java.management
Defines the Java Management Extensions (JMX) API.
java.naming
Defines the Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI) API.
java.prefs
Defines the Preferences API.
java.rmi
Defines the Remote Method Invocation (RMI) API.
java.scripting
Defines the Scripting API.
java.se
Defines the core Java SE API.
java.se.ee
Defines the full API of the Java SE Platform.
java.security.jgss
Defines the Java binding of the IETF Generic Security Services API (GSS-API).
java.security.sasl
Defines Java support for the IETF Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL).
java.smartcardio
Defines the Java Smart Card I/O API.
java.sql
Defines the JDBC API.
java.sql.rowset
Defines the JDBC RowSet API.
java.transaction
Defines a subset of the Java Transaction API (JTA) to support CORBA interop.
java.xml
Defines the Java API for XML Processing (JAXP), the Streaming API for XML (StAX), the Simple API for XML (SAX), and the W3C Document Object Model (DOM) API.
java.xml.bind
Defines the Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) API.
java.xml.crypto
Defines an API for XML cryptography.
java.xml.ws
Defines the Java API for XML-Based Web Services (JAX-WS), and the Web Services Metadata API.
javafx.base
Defines the base APIs for the JavaFX UI toolkit, including APIs for bindings, properties, collections, and events.
javafx.controls
This modules defines the UI controls, charts, and skins that are available for the JavaFX UI toolkit.
javafx.fxml
This module defines the FXML APIs for the JavaFX UI toolkit.
javafx.graphics
This module defines the core scenegraph APIs for the JavaFX UI toolkit (such as layout containers, application lifecycle, shapes, transformations, canvas, input, painting, image handling, and effects), as well as APIs for animation, css, concurrency, geometry, printing, and windowing.
javafx.media
Defines APIs for playback of media and audio content, as part of the JavaFX UI toolkit, including MediaView and MediaPlayer.
javafx.swing
Defines APIs for the JavaFX / Swing interop support included with the JavaFX UI toolkit, including SwingNode (for embedding Swing inside a JavaFX application) and JFXPanel (for embedding JavaFX inside a Swing application).
javafx.web
Defines APIs for the WebView functionality contained within the the JavaFX UI toolkit.
jdk.accessibility  
jdk.aot  
jdk.attach
Defines the attach API.
jdk.charsets  
jdk.compiler
Defines the implementation of the system Java compiler and its command line equivalent, javac, as well as javah.
jdk.crypto.ec  
jdk.dynalink
Dynalink is a library for dynamic linking of high-level operations on objects.
jdk.editpad
Implementation of the edit pad service.
jdk.hotspot.agent  
jdk.httpserver  
jdk.incubator.httpclient
Defines the high-level HTTP and WebSocket API.
jdk.jartool  
jdk.javadoc
Defines the implementation of the system documentation tool and its command line equivalent, javadoc.
jdk.jcmd  
jdk.jconsole  
jdk.jdeps
Defines tools for analysing dependencies in Java libraries and programs, including the jdeps and javap tools.
jdk.jdi
Defines the Java Debugger Interface.
jdk.jdwp.agent
Java Debug Wire Protocol.
jdk.jlink  
jdk.jshell
This module provides support for Java™ Programming Language 'snippet' evaluating tools, such as Read-Eval-Print Loops (REPLs).
jdk.jsobject  
jdk.jstatd  
jdk.localedata  
jdk.management  
jdk.naming.dns  
jdk.naming.rmi  
jdk.net  
jdk.pack  
jdk.policytool  
jdk.rmic  
jdk.scripting.nashorn
Nashorn is a runtime environment for programs written in ECMAScript 5.1.
jdk.scripting.nashorn.shell
Nashorn shell module
jdk.sctp  
jdk.security.auth
Contains the implementation of the javax.security.auth.* interfaces and various authentication modules.
jdk.security.jgss
Defines Java extensions to the GSS-API and an implementation of the SASL GSSAPI mechanism.
jdk.unsupported  
jdk.xml.bind  
jdk.xml.dom  
jdk.xml.ws  
jdk.zipfs