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nonjava

nonjava adjective: that is not Java or does not conform to the standards and expectations of Java.

Adjective

nonjava (not comparable)

  1. That is not Java or does not conform to the standards and expectations of Java.
    • Additional items found on the CD include calling nonjava libraries from Java, and using the security API and developing JavaBeans components.1998, Journal of Object-oriented Programming
    • Since writeUTF uses a variant of UTF-8 that's subtly incompatible with most nonjava software...2000, Elliotte Rusty Harold, Java Network Programming

Examples of nonjava in a sentence

  • Native code is also useful when accessing legacy data through nonjava gateways.2001, Jason Hunter, William Crawford, Java Servlet Programming:
  • As the work of EJBs and other business objects often involves using nonjava resources such as databases...2002, Rod Johnson, Expert One-on-One J2EE Design and Development:
  • Serialization is appropriate when saving data for nonjava programs to use.2003, Kathy Sierra, Bert Bates, Head First Java:
  • ...and in corner cases they will not necessarily give the same results as implementations based on the JDK, let alone nonjava implementations.2004, Michael Kay, XSLT 2.0 Programmer's Reference:

Origin of nonjava

From non- + Java.

Questions about nonjava

What does nonjava mean?
Nonjava means that is not Java or does not conform to the standards and expectations of Java.
How do you use nonjava in a sentence?
Native code is also useful when accessing legacy data through nonjava gateways.
What part of speech is nonjava?
Nonjava is an adjective.

Words near nonjava in the dictionary

  1. nonjade
  2. nonjaded
  3. nonjail
  4. nonjailable
  5. nonjanitorial
  6. nonjava
  7. nonjazz
  8. nonjealous
  9. nonjewelry
  10. nonjob
  11. nonjobs

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