Java Class (Java Libraries & Java Class Libraries) / Microsoft (Tools & Add-ins, Controls & Components)

What is a Java Class Library? A Java Class Library or Java Class is a reusable Java library or software component that allows you to extend the functionality of your Java application. A Java Class Library is mainly written in Java, although there may be some assembly language or machine code in there to access specific hardware devices, but this is not relevant to the Java programmer, as the Java Class enables him or her to access the device in a platform independent manner using the provided Java Class.

The pre-written Java Class can be called dynamically at run-time by your Java application to carry out commonly repeated tasks. Java Class Libraries allow you to reuse code you have written previously yourself to add functionality to your Java apps. Or a Java Class Library that has been written by an expert with more knowledge about a specific topic or field of study than you can be added to your application, quickly giving you functionality that was not possible before.

Unlike a JavaBean, a Java Class typically does not allow introspection, so a Java IDE or tool cannot analyze a Java Class at design-time to understand its properties, methods and other attributes. JavaBeans are typically used to implement Java user interface controls or UI controls, whereas Java Class Libraries are used for a wide variety of tasks and functions.

The Java Class Libraries listed in this Java Class Library product gallery are therefore the most numerous Java products available in our Java component marketplace and have been written by experts, they include Java Classes that are: Java datagrids, Java spreadsheets, Java Math & Stats libraries, Java charting libraries and Java graphing classes, Java calendar or Java Gantt class products for planning and scheduling, Java speech recognition classes, text editing, word processing and spell checking Java classes and much, much more.

You will also find non-visual Java Class Library based products, that work in the background to add functionality to your your application, such as: sending and receiving emails via SMTP or POP or transferring files via FTP or HTTP over the Internet, or encrypting data or encrypting files prior to storage or transmission. Plus there are Java Class Libraries for Java EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) solutions and also integration with Amazon online storage, messaging and e-commerce services.

The Microsoft software platform provides Microsoft developers with an array of Microsoft tools to create solutions for their customers and end users. The Microsoft applications that programmers develop can be created using the MS Visual Studio range of Microsoft development tools, including: MS Visual Basic; MS Visual C# (C-sharp); MS Visual C++ (C Plus Plus), as well as older MS dev languages and MS IDEs, such as MS Visual FoxPro. MS Visual Studio, the Microsoft .NET Framework and the more mature Microsoft COM platform can be extended to provide additional functionality to help MS developers create solutions faster. For example, there is a Microsoft add-in model that allows a Microsoft tool to be extended by other third-party companies, as long as they comply with the Microsoft addin model. As a result you can get a Microsoft extension for Visual Studio to refactor your Visual Basic code to make it easier to read or maintain and to speed up your coding by helping with code layout.  Many Visual Studio add-ins are available, including add ins to do C# code generation for you, giving you a faster way to create an application from scratch.

Microsoft Visual Studio software can also be extended beyond the Microsoft controls and Microsoft components that are supplied within the Visual Studio Integrated Development Environment (VS IDE) to give additional functionality. You can get Microsoft .NET components from companies that specialize in writing Internet communications components or eCommerce components that can be programmed like any other Microsoft component and save you a vast amount of time and money in programming your next Microsoft project. Or you can get an advanced Microsoft control for charting that enables you to draw many more styles of charts and graphs than are available inside the standard Microsoft controls in Visual Studio. These Microsoft components are available in many different forms as: Microsoft DLLs or as a Microsoft library, or as a Microsoft ActiveX or COM component supporting the COM object model or for the .NET Framework as Microsoft WinForms controls or ASP.NET controls, or as Microsoft WPF controls for Windows Presentation Foundation applications or as Silverlight controls for Microsoft Silverlight developers to use.

In this Microsoft marketplace you will find lots of different MS UI controls, as well as non-visual components, Microsoft utilities and Microsoft plug-ins to help you program in Microsoft Visual Basic, Visual C++ & Visual C#. You will also find Microsoft visual tools written by ISVs that can be used by MS Access developers or by MS Office programmers as Office components to be embedded inside their MS VBA or VSTO apps. There are also SharePoint tools and SharePoint Web Parts for MOSS bases apps being created by SharePoint developers. Plus for SQL Server you will find Microsoft utility products that allow you to access or bind to your data sources, compare data, manage your data, backup your data efficiently and much more. There are over 1,800 commercial products compatible with Microsoft software shown here in this Microsoft product gallery and many come with free downloads or free software trials for you to use listed in our Microsoft downloads product pages.