Location API for Java ME: Difference between revisions

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* RAM budget max. 2 kB[http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=179]

It extends the capabilities of the [[Java Platform, Micro Edition]], a version of the Java platform tailored for [[embedded device]]s such as [[mobile phone]]s and [[Personal digital assistant|PDA]]s. The [[Object-oriented programming|object-oriented]] interface consists of 13 [[Class (computer science)|classes]] in the javax.microedition.___location package. The Location API was developed under the [[Java Community Process]] as JSR 179 released September 2003 and updated to version 1.0.1 March 2006. [[Nokia]] is the main author and maintainer of this JSR. OpenLAPI is aan [[GPLLGPL]] implementation (not-officially since it hasn't passed SUN TCK[http://thinktankmaths.co.uk/technologies/openlapi/]), for use in emulator environments where the Nokia reference implementation does not exist and for devices which can access a [[GPS]] device over [[Bluetooth]].

== Device independence ==

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* [http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=179 JSR 179]: Location API for J2ME™

* [http://openlapi.com OpenLAPI]: OpenLAPI, aan [[GPLLGPL]] implementation

* [http://www.forum.nokia.com/main/resources/technologies/java/documentation/java_jsr.html#jsr179 Nokia resources]: Nokia resources on JSR-179, including Javadocs and reference implementation