Connected Limited Device Configuration

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The Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) is a specification of a framework for Java ME applications targeted at devices with very limited resources such as pagers and mobile phones. The CLDC was developed under the Java Community Process as JSR 30 (CLDC 1.0) and JSR 139 (CLDC 1.1).

1 Typical requirements
2 Noteworthy limitations
3 Profiles
4 General APIs
5 External links

[edit] Typical requirements

16-bit CPU, a total of 192 KB memory available to the Java platform, as well as a limited connection to some kind of network.

[edit] Noteworthy limitations

CLDC 1.0 did not support any form of floating point arithmetic. This limitation was removed in CLDC 1.1.
No support for reflection or object serilization

[edit] Profiles

[edit] Mobile Information Device Profile

Designed for cell phones, it supports an LCD orientated GUI API, with MIDP 2.0 including a basic 2D gaming API. Applications written to use this profile are called MIDlets. Almost all new cell phones come with a MIDP implementation, and it is now the de facto standard for downloadable cell phone games.

[edit] Information Module Profile

The Information Module Profile (JSR 195) is designed for vending machines, network cards, routers, telephone boxes and other systems with either simple or no display and some form of limited two way network access. Only APIs for application creation, storage, and network access are defined. These are a subset of the javax.microedition.io, rms and midlet packages in MIDP. Siemens Mobile and Nokia put forward this specification to the JCP.

[edit] DoJa Profile

The DoJa profile was designed for DoCoMo's i-mode mobile phone by NTT DoCoMo.

[edit] General APIs

[edit] java.io

A streamlined version of the java.io package found in the standard edition for doing Input/Output operations.

[edit] java.lang

Contains classes thought applicable to most java programs. This package contains standard java types like Integers and Strings as well as basic exceptions, math functions, system functions, threading and security functions.

[edit] java.util

A streamlined version of the java.util collection library. This package contains the collection classes like Vector and Hashtable. It also contains calendar and date classes.