List of Java APIs

This is a list of Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for the Java Programming Language.

Official APIs (Released by Sun Microsystems)

Java Platform, Standard Edition (J2SE) (available here)

Bundled (Core) APIs

• Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) (consists of the java.awt package, first released with version 1.0)
• Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) (consists of the javax.security.auth package, bundled since 1.4, previously released as an optional package to version 1.3)
• Swing (consists of the javax.swing package, first released with version 1.2)

Optional (Non-Core) APIs

• Java Cryptography Extension (JCE) (available here)

• Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) (initially released as an optional package to version 1.3, now incorporated into J2SE since 1.4)

Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) (available here)

Bundled (Core) APIs

Optional (Non-Core) APIs

• Java API for XML-Based RPC (JAX-RPC) (available here)

Java Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) (available here)

• Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) (Reference implementation is available here)

Unofficial APIs (Released by third parties)

3D Graphics APIs

• Java 3D (runs on top of either OpenGL or Direct3D) (available here)

• Java OpenGL (JOGL) (a wrapper library for OpenGL) (available here)

Compression APIs

• LZMA SDK (available here)

Numerical Analysis APIs

• JScience (available here)

Real-Time Libraries

• Javolution (available here)

Windowing Libraries

• Standard Widget Toolkit (SWT) (available here)