Package Version Identification

Versioning introduces package level version control where applications and applets can identify at runtime the version of a specific Java Runtime Environment, VM, and class package.

Package Versioning Specification

Versioning Specification (HTML, PS, PDF)

Versioning API Reference
(javadoc)

java.lang.Class
java.lang.ClassLoader
java.lang.Package
java.lang.System

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