Format

Java Language Source Code File

Summary

Name

Java Language Source Code File

Identifiers

PUID: x-fmt/422

Description

A source code file written in Java from which a Java class file can be generated by a compiler. Java is a high-level, class-based, object-oriented general-purpose programming language designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. As a human-readable plain text file, it can be opened and viewed in any text editor.

Note

Description provided by Stadtarchiv Hof (Municipal Archives of Hof, Free State of Bavaria, Germany)

File extensions

java

Source

Digital Preservation Department / The National Archives

Changelog

• Updated in V109

  Release date

  1 November 2022

  Java Language Source Code File: Updated description and capitalised name. Submitted by Stadtarchiv Hof.

• Updated in V68

  Release date

  1 May 2013

  Java language source code file: Made format extension lower-case as part of a data normalisation exercise.