Application, may be of Java or other language, comes with a clear task to do. To achieve the task, an application comprises of a number of individual programs. All these programs are weaved carefully by the Developer to achieve the task. Read further into "What is Java Application?"
For example, I would like to transfer money from my account to my friend’s. I want an application that is capable to debit (subtract) from my account and credit (add) in my friend account. It looks two programs are needed – one that debits and one that credits. In practice, more are required to access the database, to maintain ACID properties of transaction etc. Examples of applications are banking application, e-commerce application etc.
A novice (beginner) thinks an application is nothing but a program or a single program. Single program helps to learn a language.
Coming to Java, the programs are again divided into Applications and Applets. The simple difference is Application runs at command prompt and Applet runs in a Browser. Applets (and also Servlets) are designed with special syntax to suit Internet.
Let us write a simple application with main() method that calculates Employee salary in this "What is Java Application?".
public class Employee
{
public static void main(String args[])
{
String name = "Jyostna"; // define some variables
int id = 1234;
double salary = 6789.99;
System.out.println("\nEmployee Name: " + name);
System.out.println("Employee ID: " + id);
System.out.println("Employee Salary Rs: " + salary);
System.out.println("Employee Name: " + name + " ID: " + id + " Salary Rs." + salary);
}
}
Output Screenshot on What is Java Application?The above application contains only one program given for simplicity. If you still would like involving more programs fill the comment box.
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