Sun Community Source Licensing (SCSL) - CDC

The Connected Device Configuration (CDC) is a Java Community Process effort (JSR-36) that has standardized a portable configuration for consumer electronic and embedded devices. The CDC configuration of Java[tm] 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) provides for a virtual machine and set of core libraries appropriate for use with an industry-defined profile such as the Foundation profile.

The Foundation Profile (FP) is a Java Community Process effort (JSR-46) which, together with the CDC, provides a complete J2ME application runtime environment targeted at consumer electronics and embedded devices.

Target devices for CDC/FP are characterized generally as follows:

• Powered by a 32-bit processor
• Two megabytes or more of total memory, including both RAM and flash or ROM, available for the Java platform
• Devices requiring the full feature functionality of the Java 2 "Blue Book" virtual machine
• Connectivity to some kind of network, often with a wireless, intermittent connection and with limited (often 9600 bps or less) bandwidth
• User interfaces with varying degrees of sophistication or even none

Residential gateways, emerging, next generation smartphones and communicators, two-way pagers, personal digital assistants (PDAs), organizers, home appliances, point-of-sale terminals, and car navigation systems are some of the devices that might be supported by CDC/FP.

The J2ME CDC/FP implementation is a source code product that is provided for porting to various platforms. In order to ship this product commercially, a commercial use agreement must be entered into with Sun. As part of any commercial use agreement, it is necessary to pass compatibility tests that ensure we all benefit from a standardized Java application environment. The technology compatibility kit (TCK) for CDC can be licensed from Sun separately. For more information about commercial licensing terms please talk to your local sales representative.

More Information

For more information about the Java 2 Micro Edition, Connected Device Configuration (CDC), the C Virtual Machine (CVM) and Foundation Profile (FP), please see:

  

For updated documentation on the CDC and the Foundation profile, please see: