Description of Java SE Conceptual Diagram

The Java SE conceptual diagram categorizes each of the component technologies in the Java SE platform in a level. The following lists these levels, from top to bottom, and the technologies that are part of each one. Technologies that are part of a lower level serve as a foundation for those that are part of a higher level.

Java Language
- Java Language
Tools & Tool APIs
- java
- javac
- javadoc
- jar
- javap
- JPDA
- JConsole
- Java VisualVM
- Security
- Int'l
- RMI
- IDL
- Deploy
- Monitoring
- Troubleshoot
- Scripting
- JVM TI
RIAs
- Java Web Start
- Applet / Java Plug-in
User Interface Toolkits
- AWT
- Swing
- Java 2D
- Accessibility
- Drag n Drop
- Input Methods
- Image I/O
- Print Service
- Sound
Integration Libraries
- IDL
- JDBC
- JNDI
- RMI
- RMI-IIOP
- Scripting
Other Base Libraries
- Beans
- Intl Support
- Input/Output
- JMX
- JNI
- Math
- Networking
- Override Mechanism
- Security
- Serialization
- Extension Mechanism
- XML JAXP
lang and util Base Libraries
Java Virtual Machine
- Java Hotspot Client and Server VM

The JDK consists of all levels.

The JRE consists of the following levels:

The Java SE API consists of the following levels: