What is a JAVA file
Files containing source code written in the programming language Java are saved with the JAVA file extension. These files can be further compiled into CLASS files using a Java Compiler. Many applications and websites are coded in Java or use Java components for different functions.
JAVA files contain Java source code stored in a plain text format. Java is an object-oriented programming language. The data in the JAVA file, structured using classes, is used to instantiate different objects at a certain runtime.
Here's a small, but not exhaustive list of programs that can open JAVA documents:
- Apple Xcode (Mac)
- Eclipse IDE for Java Developers (Windows, Mac & Linux)
- ES-Computing EditPlus (Windows)
- Google Android Studio (Windows, Mac & Linux)
- GNU Emacs (Linux)
- gVim (Windows)
- javac (Linux)
- MacoMates TextMate (Mac)
- MacVim (Mac)
- Microsoft Notepad (Windows)
- Oracle Java Virtual Machine (Windows, Mac & Linux)
- Oracle NetBeans (Windows, Mac & Linux)
- Vi (Linux)
- Xinox JCreator (Windows)
- Any Text Editor
