Java Network Launching Protocol

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The '''Java Network Launching Protocol''' ('''JNLP''') is the file format used by Java Web Start, a [[Java]] component that allows programs to be run outside of the browser (i.e. not as applets) but still in a sandbox. Users download the JNLP file and give it to an interpreter, which in turn downloads resources ([[Jar]] files, splash screens, etc.) whose [[URL]]s are listed by the file, and runs them. Java Web Start, like the applet system, eventually fell into disuse, and it was finally removed in Java version 11<ref>http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/javaclientroadmapupdate2018mar-4414431.pdf → p. 6</ref> in 2018<ref>[[Wikipedia:Java version history]]</ref>.
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The '''Java Network Launching Protocol''' ('''JNLP''') is the file format used by Java Web Start, a [[Java]] component that allows programs to be run outside of the browser (i.e. not as applets) but still in a sandbox. Users download the JNLP file and give it to an interpreter, which in turn downloads resources ([[Jar]] files, splash screens, etc.) whose [[URL]]s are listed by the file, and runs them. JNLP is based on [[XML]]. Java Web Start, like the applet system, eventually fell into disuse, and it was finally removed in Java version 11<ref>http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/javaclientroadmapupdate2018mar-4414431.pdf → p. 6</ref> in 2018<ref>[[Wikipedia:Java version history]]</ref>.
  
 
== Extensions ==
 
== Extensions ==
 
JNLP files use the extension ".jnlp".
 
JNLP files use the extension ".jnlp".
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== Identification ==
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JNLP files have the XML doctype "jnlp". The root element has the tag "jnlp".
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== Specifications ==
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* [https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=56 Directory of specifications] (some old ones are only available through the Wayback Machine)
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* [http://java.sun.com/dtd/JNLP-6.0.dtd Version 6 document type definition]
  
 
== Samples ==
 
== Samples ==
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== Links ==
 
== Links ==
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* [https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/javaws/index.html Java 8 Java Web Start documentation]
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111130085020/http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/guide/jws/index.html Java 1.4 developer documentation]
 
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20111130085020/http://docs.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/guide/jws/index.html Java 1.4 developer documentation]
 
* [http://www.upubuntu.com/2012/12/how-to-run-jnlp-files-under-ubuntulinux.html How To Run JNLP Files Under Ubuntu/Linux Mint]
 
* [http://www.upubuntu.com/2012/12/how-to-run-jnlp-files-under-ubuntulinux.html How To Run JNLP Files Under Ubuntu/Linux Mint]
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Latest revision as of 00:57, 20 June 2019

File Format
Name Java Network Launching Protocol
Ontology
Extension(s) .jnlp
MIME Type(s) application/x-java-jnlp-file[1]
Wikidata ID Q3156935
Released 2000[2]

The Java Network Launching Protocol (JNLP) is the file format used by Java Web Start, a Java component that allows programs to be run outside of the browser (i.e. not as applets) but still in a sandbox. Users download the JNLP file and give it to an interpreter, which in turn downloads resources (Jar files, splash screens, etc.) whose URLs are listed by the file, and runs them. JNLP is based on XML. Java Web Start, like the applet system, eventually fell into disuse, and it was finally removed in Java version 11[3] in 2018[4].

Contents

[edit] Extensions

JNLP files use the extension ".jnlp".

[edit] Identification

JNLP files have the XML doctype "jnlp". The root element has the tag "jnlp".

[edit] Specifications

[edit] Samples

[edit] Software

  • NetX - currently maintained as part of IcedTea after the original was abandoned[5]
    • Debian package icedtea-netx
  • Official Java releases before 11

[edit] Links

[edit] References

  1. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/39057945/proper-mime-media-type-for-jnlp-files
  2. https://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=56
  3. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/javaclientroadmapupdate2018mar-4414431.pdf → p. 6
  4. Wikipedia:Java version history
  5. Description of Debian 10 package icedtea-netx
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