Development Files and Directories

Development Files and Directories

This section describes the files and directories that are required to develop apps for the Java platform. ( The directories that are not required include demos, source code, and C header files. They are discussed in the following section, Additional Files and Directories ). The following diagram shows the most important directories.

C:\jdk1.5

The root directory of the SDK software installation. Contains copyright, license, and README files. Also contains src.jar, the archive of source code for the Java 2 platform.

C:\jdk1.5\bin

The executable files for the development tools contained in the Java Development Kit. The PATH environment variables should contain an entry for this directory. For more information on the tools, see the SDK Tools.