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Introduction

Contents:

See Also
Filing and Tracking Bugs

This document describes the Java Virtual Machine runtime options that are specific to J2SE 5.0 and Java SE 6 in Mac OS X. It is written for Java developers who want to write Java applications for Mac OS X version 10.5. Although the audience is primarily developers of pure Java applications, it may also be useful for developers using Apple’s web application framework WebObjects.

See Also

For more information on Java Development on Mac OS X, read Java Development Guide for Mac OS X.

This document and other Java documentation for Mac OS X, including the Javadoc API reference, is available in the Java Reference Library. A subset of this documentation is installed in /Developer/Documentation on a Mac OS X system with the Xcode Tools installed. You can view this documentation through a web browser or through Xcode (from Xcode’s Help menu, choose Documentation and then click Java).

General information on previous versions of Java for Mac OS X can be found in the Java Release Notes.

The main Apple website for Java technology, http://developer.apple.com/java/, contains links to information about Java development in Mac OS X.

The java-dev mailing list is a great source of information on a wide range of Java development topics in Mac OS X. You can sign up for this list at http://lists.apple.com/mailman/listinfo/java-dev.

Sun’s Java web site, http://java.sun.com/ is the essential reference point for Java development in general.

Filing and Tracking Bugs

If you find issues with the implementation of Java that are not covered in this document or you want to follow the resolution of an issue, you may do so online through Radar, Apple’s bug tracking system. To access Radar, you need an Apple Developer Connection (ADC) account. You can view the ADC membership options, including the free online membership, at http://developer.apple.com/membership/. With an ADC membership, you can file and view bugs at http://bugreport.apple.com/. When filing new bugs for Java in Mac OS X, please use Java (new bugs) for Component and X as Version.

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