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<p>In <a href="Computing" title="Computing">computing</a>, <b>Java Web Start</b> (also known as <b>JavaWS</b>, <b>javaws</b> or <b>JAWS</b>) is a deprecated <a href="Software_framework" title="Software framework">framework</a> developed by <a href="Sun_Microsystems" title="Sun Microsystems">Sun Microsystems</a> (now <a href="Oracle_Corporation" title="Oracle Corporation">Oracle</a>) that allows users to start <a href="Application_software" title="Application software">application software</a> for the <a href="Java_Platform" class="mw-redirect" title="Java Platform">Java Platform</a> directly from the <a href="Internet" title="Internet">Internet</a> using a <a href="Web_browser" title="Web browser">web browser</a>. The technology enables seamless version updating for globally distributed applications and greater control of memory allocation to the <a href="Java_virtual_machine" title="Java virtual machine">Java virtual machine</a>.

</p><p>Java Web Start was distributed as part of the Java Platform until being removed in Java SE 11, following its deprecation in Java SE 9. The code for Java Web Start was not released by Oracle as part of <a href="OpenJDK" title="OpenJDK">OpenJDK</a>, and thus OpenJDK originally did not support it. <a href="IcedTea#IcedTea-Web" title="IcedTea">IcedTea-Web</a> provides an independent open source implementation of Java Web Start that is currently developed by the <a href="AdoptOpenJDK" class="mw-redirect" title="AdoptOpenJDK">AdoptOpenJDK</a> community, <a href="RedHat" class="mw-redirect" title="RedHat">RedHat</a> and Karakun AG, and which is bundled in some OpenJDK installers.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Next to this OpenWebStart provides an <a href="Open_source" title="Open source">open source</a> based implementation that is based on IcedTea-Web but offers more features and commercial support options.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Functionality">Functionality</h2></div>

<p>Unlike <a href="Java_applet" title="Java applet">Java applets</a>, Web Start applications do not run inside the browser. By default they run in the same <a href="Sandbox_(computer_security)" title="Sandbox (computer security)">sandbox</a> as applets, with several minor extensions like allowing to load and save the file that is explicitly selected by the user through the file selection dialog. Only <a href="Digital_signature" title="Digital signature">signed</a> applications can be configured to have additional permissions.

</p><p>Web Start has an advantage over applets in that it overcomes many compatibility problems with browsers' Java <a href="Plug-in_(computing)" title="Plug-in (computing)">plugins</a> and different <a href="Java_virtual_machine" title="Java virtual machine">JVM</a> versions. Web Start programs are no longer an integrated part of the web page, they are independent applications that run in a separate frame.

</p><p>Web Start can also launch unmodified applets that are packaged inside .jar files, by writing the appropriate JNLP file. This file can also pass the applet parameters. Such applets also run in a separate frame. Applet launcher may not support some specific cases like loading class as resource.

</p><p>Like applets, Java Web Start is <a href="Cross-platform" class="mw-redirect" title="Cross-platform">cross-platform</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Deprecation">Deprecation</h2></div>

<p>With <a href="Java_version_history" title="Java version history">JDK9</a>, several deployment technologies including applets and Java Web Start were deprecated by Oracle.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>In March 2018, Oracle announced it will not include Java Web Start in Java SE 11 (18.9 LTS) and later. Developers will need to transition to other deployment technologies.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A few stand-alone <a href="#Alternatives">alternatives</a> have since arisen.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Implementation">Implementation</h2></div>

<p>The developer prepares a special XML file with JNLP extension. This file describes the application requirements, code location, parameters and additional permissions (if any). The browser downloads this file as any other and (following its <a href="MIME_type" class="mw-redirect" title="MIME type">MIME type</a>, <code>application/x-java-jnlp-file</code>) opens it with Web Start tool. Web Start tool downloads all necessary resources and launches the application.

</p><p>Java Web Start provides a series of <a href="Class_(computer_science)" class="mw-redirect" title="Class (computer science)">classes</a> in the javax.jnlp <a href="Java_package" title="Java package">package</a> which provide various services to the application. Sun designed most of these services with the aim of allowing carefully controlled access to resources (such as files and the system clipboard) while restricting the application to authorized operations.

</p><p>Sun introduced version 1.0 of Web Start in March 2001,<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> while 64-bit Windows support was added only in Java 6<sup id="cite_ref-win64_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-win64-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (later than 64-bit Java was first available). Since <a href="Java_Platform%2C_Standard_Edition" title="Java Platform, Standard Edition">J2SE</a> 1.4 Web Start comes as a default part of <a href="Java_Runtime_Environment" class="mw-redirect" title="Java Runtime Environment">Java Runtime Environment</a> (JRE) called <code>javaws</code>, computer administrators no longer have to install it separately.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Java_Network_Launching_Protocol_(JNLP)">Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP)</h2></div>

<p>Programmers often speak of the <b>Java Network Launching Protocol</b> (<b>JNLP</b>) interchangeably with the term "Web Start". The JNLP protocol, defined with an <a href="XML_schema" title="XML schema">XML schema</a>, specifies how to launch Java Web Start applications. JNLP consists of a set of rules defining how exactly to implement the launching mechanism. JNLP files include information such as the location of the <a href="Jar_(file_format)" class="mw-redirect" title="Jar (file format)">jar</a> package file and the name of the main class for the application, in addition to any other parameters for the program. A properly configured browser passes JNLP files to a Java Runtime Environment (JRE) which in turn downloads the application onto the user's machine and starts executing it. The development of JNLP took place under the <a href="Java_Community_Process" title="Java Community Process">Java Community Process</a> as JSR 56. <span class="clarify-content" style="padding-left:0.1em; padding-right:0.1em; color:var(--color-subtle, #54595d); border:1px solid var(--border-color-subtle, #c8ccd1);">It includes the original 1.0 release, the subsequent 1.5 maintenance release, and as of 2006, the pending 6.0 maintenance release.</span>

</p><p>Important Web Start features include the ability to automatically download and install a JRE in the case where the user does not have Java installed, and for programmers to specify which JRE version a given program needs in order to execute. The user does not have to remain connected to the Internet to execute the downloaded programs, because they execute from a locally maintained <a href="Cache_(computing)" title="Cache (computing)">cache</a>. Updates of the software download from the Web and become available when the user has a connection to the Internet, thus easing the burden of deployment.

</p><p>Any computer user can use JNLP simply by installing a JNLP client (most commonly Java Web Start). The installation can occur automatically such that the end-user sees the client launcher downloading and installing the Java application when first executed.

</p><p>JNLP works in a similar fashion to how HTTP/HTML works for the web. For <a href="Web_browser_engine" class="mw-redirect" title="Web browser engine">rendering</a> an HTML <a href="Webpage" class="mw-redirect" title="Webpage">webpage</a>, after the user clicks on a weblink, the browser submits a URL to a <a href="Webserver" class="mw-redirect" title="Webserver">webserver</a>, which replies with an HTML file. The browser then requests the resources referred to by this file (images, <a href="Cascading_style_sheets" class="mw-redirect" title="Cascading style sheets">css</a>), and finally renders the page once it has received enough information. Page rendering usually starts before all resources have downloaded; some resources not critical to the layout of the page (such as images) can follow on afterwards.

</p><p>JNLP mirrors this process; in the same way that a Web browser renders a webpage, a JNLP client "renders" a <a href="Java_application" class="mw-redirect" title="Java application">Java app</a>. After the user clicks on a weblink, the browser submits a URL to a webserver, which replies with a JNLP file (instead of a HTML file) for the application. The JNLP client parses this file, requests the resources specified (jar files), waits for the retrieval of all required resources, and then launches the application. The JNLP file can list resources as "lazy", which informs the JNLP client that the application does not need those resources to start, but can retrieve them later on when/if the application requests them.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Example">Example</h2></div>

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<p>The example below gives a simple JNLP file to launch the applet, specifying code base, source, main class and window size. Such file contains all necessary references and is self-sufficient to launch the application. As no permissions are requested, the code will run in a sandbox. JNLP also states that this application can run offline (if already cached) and should be updated as a background process.

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<span class="nt"><jnlp</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="na">spec=</span><span class="s">"1.0+"</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="na">codebase=</span><span class="s">"http://ultrastudio.org/upload"</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="na">href=</span><span class="s">""</span><span class="nt">></span>

<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><title></span>Launch<span class="w"> </span>applet<span class="w"> </span>with<span class="w"> </span>Web<span class="w"> </span>Start<span class="nt"></title></span>

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<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><applet-desc</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="na">name=</span><span class="s">"Ray diagram applet"</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="na">main-class=</span><span class="s">"raydiagramsapplet.Main"</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="na">width=</span><span class="s">"300"</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="na">height=</span><span class="s">"200"</span><span class="nt">></span>

<span class="w"> </span><span class="nt"><update</span><span class="w"> </span><span class="na">check=</span><span class="s">"background"</span><span class="nt">/></span>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Pack200_compression">Pack200 compression</h2></div>

<p>To reduce the size of a Java Web Start application Sun Microsystems introduced a compression system called <a href="Pack200" title="Pack200">Pack200</a> in Java 1.5.0. It can compress a large jar file to one-ninth of its original size if it contains only Java classes.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>Java Web Start has supported Pack200 since it first appeared, but initially this feature required server-side cooperation and a certain amount of expertise to set up. When Sun introduced Java SE 6u10, Pack200 support became available without the need for special server support. Application designers can enable or disable this feature within JNLP files.

</p><p>On slow connections Pack200 gives a performance boost in application startup time and download time.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Signed_Web_Start_applications">Signed Web Start applications</h2></div>

<p>By default, Java Web Start applications run "restricted", which means that they do not have access to some system resources such as local files. But publishers can remove these restrictions by signing their Web Start applications with the <code>jarsigner</code> tool that comes with the <a href="Java_Development_Kit" title="Java Development Kit">JDK</a>.

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Alternatives">Alternatives</h2></div>

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</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="IcedTea#IcedTea-Web" title="IcedTea">IcedTea § IcedTea-Web</a></div>

<p>The open-source <a href="IcedTea" title="IcedTea">IcedTea</a> project provides an alternative JNLP implementation in <i>IcedTea-Web</i>. As of version 1.7.2, it also works on newer versions without official JWS support.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

</p><p>To run Java Web Start-based application after the release of Java 11, the company Karakun AG has released the open source tool <a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenWebStart" class="extiw external" title="de:OpenWebStart">OpenWebStart</a>, based on IcedTea-Web.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tool includes all the functionality of IcedTea-Web and adds extended features, such as native installers for Mac OS, Windows, and Linux. IcedTea-Web was created with support from <a href="RedHat" class="mw-redirect" title="RedHat">RedHat</a> and <a href="AdoptOpenJDK" class="mw-redirect" title="AdoptOpenJDK">AdoptOpenJDK</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>

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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_applications">Notable applications</h2></div>

<ul><li><a href="ArgoUML" title="ArgoUML">ArgoUML</a> – an <a href="Unified_Modeling_Language" title="Unified Modeling Language">UML</a> diagramming application.</li>

<li><a href="CrossFTP" title="CrossFTP">CrossFTP</a> – an FTP client and server.</li>

<li><a href="Elluminate_Live" title="Elluminate Live">Elluminate Live</a> – a web conferencing / virtual classroom program.</li>

<li><a href="Ganymede_(software)" title="Ganymede (software)">Ganymede</a> – a GPL-licensed network directory management system</li>

<li><a href="Genie_Workbench" title="Genie Workbench">Genie Workbench</a> – a set of film production automation tools.</li>

<li><a href="Genevestigator" title="Genevestigator">Genevestigator</a>, access engine to the curated bioinformatical database.</li>

<li><a href="Jake2" title="Jake2">Jake2</a> – A Java port of Quake 2.</li>

<li><a href="JOSM" title="JOSM">JOSM</a> – The Java <a href="OpenStreetMap" title="OpenStreetMap">OpenStreetMap</a> editor.</li>

<li><a href="MuCommander" title="MuCommander">muCommander</a> A file Manager and Norton Commander clone with SSH and ftp features</li>

<li><a href="PoxNora" title="PoxNora">PoxNora</a> – a <a href="3/4_perspective" class="mw-redirect" title="3/4 perspective">3/4 perspective</a>, <a href="Turn-based_strategy" class="mw-redirect" title="Turn-based strategy">turn-based strategy</a>, <a href="Collectible_card_game" title="Collectible card game">collectible card game</a>.</li>

<li><a href="Wurm_Online" title="Wurm Online">Wurm Online</a> – a 3D Massively Multiplayer Online Fantasy Simulator.</li>

<li><a href="YEd" title="YEd">yEd</a> – a graph and diagram editor.</li></ul>

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<ul><li><a href="ClickOnce" title="ClickOnce">ClickOnce</a>, <a href="Microsoft" title="Microsoft">Microsoft</a> <a href=".NET_Framework" title=".NET Framework">.NET</a>'s similar framework.</li></ul>

<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2></div>

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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/9-deprecated-features-3745636.html">JDK9 Release Notes</a></span>

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<li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFTopić2016" class="citation web cs1">Topić, Dalibor (January 27, 2016). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://blogs.oracle.com/java-platform-group/moving-to-a-plugin-free-web">"Moving to a Plugin-Free Web"</a>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/javaclientroadmapupdate2018mar-4414431.pdf">"Java Client Roadmap Update"</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span>. March 2018. <q>Oracle will not include Java Web Start in Java SE 11 (18.9 LTS) and later. Oracle will begin encouraging application developers and users to transition away from Java Web Start and encourage non-commercial consumers to remove any unused or non-supported Oracle JRE installations from their desktops.</q></cite></span>

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<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2001-03/sunflash.20010314.1.html">Java Web Start 1.0 press release</a></span>

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<li id="cite_note-win64-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-win64_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://bugs.sun.com/view_bug.do?bug_id=4802695">Bug ID 4802695, Support 64-bit Java Plug-in and Java webstart on Windows/Linux on AMD64</a></span>

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<li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/technotes/guides/deployment/deployment-guide/pack200.html#pack200_compression">Pack200 and Compression for Network Deployment</a></span>

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<li id="cite_note-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-8">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://github.com/adoptopenjdk/icedtea-web/">icedtea-web</a>. open source implementation of web start</span>

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<li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://openwebstart.com/">"OpenWebStart"</a>. <i>OpenWebStart</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-07-20</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<li id="cite_note-10"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-10">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite id="CITEREFhendrik2019" class="citation web cs1">hendrik (2019-12-10). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://guigarage.com/2019/12/10/webstart-advent.html">"How open source saved WebStart"</a>. <i>GuiGarage</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2020-07-20</span></span>.</cite></span>

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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/javaws/">Java Web Start product page</a></li></ul>

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