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Application Namespaces

The application from the previous page was not in a Java package, but stood alone. This poses problems from the Package Management viewpoint, since it would be hard to store all the applications on a client machine in the same "anonymous" package.

To allow developers to immediately deploy their existing Java applications, the VM uses "Application Namespaces". A namespace is a private area where an application can store classes and resources which it does not wish to share with other Java applications. It also lets applications place classes in the "anonymous" package without fear of name collisions.


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