A profile complements a configuration by adding additional classes that
provide features appropriate to a particular type of device or to a specific
vertical market segment. Both J2ME configurations have one or more associated
profiles, some of which may themselves rely on other profiles. These processes
are described in the following list:
Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP):
This profile adds networking, user interface components, and local storage
to CLDC. This profile is primarily aimed at the limited display and storage
facilities of mobile phones, and it therefore provides a relatively simple user
interface and basic networking based on HTTP 1.1. MIDP is the best known of the
J2ME profiles because it is the basis for Wireless Java and is currently the
only profile available for PalmOSbased handhelds.
PDA Profile (PDAP):
The PDA Profile is similar to MIDP, but it is aimed at PDAs that have
better screens and more memory than cell phones. The PDA profile, which is not
complete at the time of writing, will offer a more sophisticated user interface
library and a Java-based 1 It could be argued that CLDC breaks this rule with
its networking classes, because there is no usable subset of the java.net
package that would fit into the restricted memory available to a CLDC-based
device. This problem is solved by creating a new package that contains a more
lightweight set of networking classes. API for accessing useful features of the
host operating system. When this profile becomes available, it is likely to take
over from MIDP as the J2ME platform for small handheld computers such as those
from Palm and Handspring.
Foundation Profile:
The Foundation Profile extends the CDC to include almost all of the core
Java 2 Version 1.3 core libraries. As its name suggests, it is intended to be
used as the basis for most of the other CDC profiles.
Personal Basis and Personal Profiles:
The Personal Basis Profile adds basic user interface functionality to the
Foundation Profile. It is intended to be used on devices that have an
unsophisticated user interface capability, and it therefore does not allow more
than one window to be active at any time. Platforms that can support a more
complex user interface will use the Personal Profile instead. At the time of
writing, both these profiles are in the process of being specified.
RMI Profile:
The RMI Profile adds the J2SE Remote Method Invocation libraries to the
Foundation Profile. Only the client side of this API is supported.
Game Profile:
The Game Profile, which is still in the process of being defined, will
provide a platform for writing games software on CDC devices. At the time of
writing, it is not certain whether this profile will be derived from the
Foundation Profile or based directly on CDC.
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