.java

File Type

Java Source Code File

File Format

Standard (developed by Oracle)

Usage

Open manually; may run a program or script when opened

Popularity

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Description

Program written in the Java programming language, developed by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle); uses an object-oriented approach, where data types are defined as objects; may contain the entire code for a single program or may be one of many source code files referenced by a Java development project.

Important: Sun Microsystems, the original developer of the Java language, was acquired by Oracle.

Open With

Windows

Oracle Java Virtual Machine