Tuesday, September 9, 2008 | |

J2ME - Configurations and Profiles

In general, the whole J2ME can be divided into two. Configurations and Profiles.

Configurations are the a set of specifications defined for a kind of device whose constrains are memory and processing capability. CDC(Connected Device Configuration) and CLDC(Connected Limited Device Configuration). Usually a minimum and maximum amount of memory elements like ROM or RAM is specified as configuration.

The term Profile is more specific. A family of devices which come under a particular category in a "Device" is called a profile. It is build on top of a configuration. It specifies a set of APIs for the application development of that family. MIDP or Mobile Information Device Profile is the example. MIDP comes under CLDC. It specifies additional memory constrains, screen size, network connection and input mode which are not specified by CLDC.

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