OpenJDK Terminology

Compact Profiles

September 11, 2020

Introduced in OpenJDK 8, compact profiles define subsets of the OpenJDK that reduce the static size of the Java runtime on devices that have limited storage capacity.

Introduction

A compact profile is a subset of the full OpenJDK. Because they have smaller storage footprints, compact profiles allow many Java applications to run on resource-constrained devices. Choosing a profile that closely matches an application's functional needs minimizes the storage devoted to unused functions.

Compact profiles address API choices only and are not related to the Java virtual machine, the language itself, or its tools.

Three compact profiles exist: "compact1", "compact2", and "compact3". Each compact profile includes the APIs of the lower-numbered profiles. For example, "compact2" is a superset of "compact1". The full OpenJDK is a superset of the "compact3" profile.

The table below shows the high-level composition of each compact profile:

Full OpenJDK Beans JNI JAX-WS
Preferences Accessibility IDL
RMI-IIOP CORBA Print Service
Sound Swing Java 2D
AWT Drag and Drop Input Methods
Image I/O
compact3 Security1 JMX
XML JAXP2 Management Instrumentation
compact2 JDBC RMI XML JAXP
compact1 Core (java.lang.*) Security Serialization
Networking Ref Objects Regular Expressions
Date and Time Input/Output Collections
Logging Concurrency Reflection
JAR ZIP Versioning
Internationalization JNDI Override Mechanism
Extension Mechanism Scripting

1. Adds kerberos, acl, and sasl to compact1 Security.
2. Adds crypto to compact2 XML JAXP.

JDK 8 tools with explicit support for compact profiles are the following:

  • The javac compiler: The -profile profile option directs the compiler to flag usage of an API not present in profile.
  • The jdeps static dependency analyze: The -profile option shows the profile or file containing a package.

Details

The table below lists the API packages in each of the compact profiles.

compact1 compact2 Additions compact3 Additions
java.io java.rmi java.lang.instrument
java.lang java.rmi.activation java.lang.management
java.lang.annotation java.rmi.dgc java.security.acl
java.lang.invoke java.rmi.registry java.util.prefs
java.lang.ref java.rmi.server javax.annotation.processing
java.lang.reflect java.sql javax.lang.model
java.math javax.rmi.ssl javax.lang.model.element
java.net javax.sql javax.lang.model.type
java.nio javax.transaction javax.lang.model.util
java.nio.channels javax.transaction.xa javax.management
java.nio.channels.spi javax.xml javax.management.loading
java.nio.charset javax.xml.datatype javax.management.modelmbean
java.nio.charset.spi javax.xml.namespace javax.management.monitor
java.nio.file javax.xml.parsers javax.management.openmbean
java.nio.file.attribute javax.xml.stream javax.management.relation
java.nio.file.spi javax.xml.stream.events javax.management.remote
java.security javax.xml.stream.util javax.management.remote.rmi
java.security.cert javax.xml.transform javax.management.timer
java.security.interfaces javax.xml.transform.dom javax.naming
java.security.spec javax.xml.transform.sax javax.naming.directory
java.text javax.xml.transform.stax javax.naming.event
java.text.spi javax.xml.transform.stream javax.naming.ldap
java.time javax.xml.validation javax.naming.spi
java.time.chrono javax.xml.xpath javax.security.auth.kerberos
java.time.format org.w3c.dom javax.security.sasl
java.time.temporal org.w3c.dom.bootstrap javax.sql.rowset
java.time.zone org.w3c.dom.events javax.sql.rowset.serial
java.util org.w3c.dom.ls javax.sql.rowset.spi
java.util.concurrent org.xml.sax javax.tools
java.util.concurrent.atomic org.xml.sax.ext javax.xml.crypto
java.util.concurrent.locks org.xml.sax.helpers javax.xml.crypto.dom
java.util.function javax.xml.crypto.dsig
java.util.jar javax.xml.crypto.dsig.dom
java.util.logging javax.xml.crypto.dsig.keyinfo
java.util.regex javax.xml.crypto.dsig.spec
java.util.spi org.ietf.jgss
java.util.stream
java.util.zip
javax.crypto
javax.crypto.interfaces
javax.crypto.spec
javax.net
javax.net.ssl
javax.script
javax.security.auth
javax.security.auth.callback
javax.security.auth.login
javax.security.auth.spi
javax.security.auth.x500
javax.security.cert

 

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