When new things are added to the Java API

Question

I was interested in this for a while, and I can not find a clear answer. You see, the standard Java API is really big, and it includes many different libraries and classes for use in GUI design to send data over the Internet to basic things like sending a string to the console.

It also includes things like reading MIDI, generating safe random strings, things that seem really specific. But at the same time, there seems to be no standard JSON libraries available, while JSON is a universal way to send data between systems.

So what I want to know is: when is something added to the Java API? What does it take to add something to the API?

Answer 1

There is a “structure” that governs how new functions get into java; prove itself later as new language elements or libraries.

Type ... Java Community Process !

Meaning: This is a forum where people make suggestions; which are then discussed; and at some point either "somehow added to Java"; or rejected.

And for starters: the JSON-P project about the JSON processing API was / is controlled by jcp, see entry 374 .

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