1 Introduction
The Classic Edition is based on an evolution of the Java Card Platform, Version 2.2.2 and is backward compatible with it, targeting resource-constrained devices that solely support applet-based applications. Applets that run on the Classic Edition are referred to as classic applets. The classic applets have the same capabilities as applets in previous versions of the development kit.
The Java Card development kit ships in binary-only bundles and in bundles with both binary and source versions of the kit. In addition, cryptography extensions are available in some bundles. All sections in this document pertain to all these types of bundles, except where noted. For the contents in the bundles, see the Release Notes.
This chapter contains the following sections:
