J2ME Wireless Toolkit 2.2 新改进-------英文文献及其译文.doc

英文文献及其译文 Whats New in the J2ME Wireless Toolkit 2.2 by Jonathan Knudsen June 2004 The award-winning J2ME Wireless Toolkit has become the de facto standard toolkit for developing applications for Java 2, Micro Edition (J2ME). Since its debut in 2000, the toolkit has evolved to keep pace with the rapidly changing face of mobile Java technology. Dont be misled by the small change in version number from 2.1. The new toolkit supports new optional APIs specified through the Java Community Process (JCP) in four vital areas: 3D graphics, multimedia messaging, Bluetooth networking, and data management. In this article Ill describe these new APIs and show you how theyre implemented in the toolkit. Before I do, take a moment to admire the updated DefaultColorPhone emulator skin. Since version 2.1, this skin has gotten a larger screen (320 x 240, or QVGA) and far more colors (4096 instead of 256). Mobile 3D Graphics JSR 184, the Mobile 3D Graphics API for J2ME (M3G), provides three-dimensional graphics functionality in a compact package thats appropriate for devices that support the most widely adopted J2ME software stack, the Connected, Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) and the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP). The API provides two APIs for displaying 3D content. The immediate mode API makes it possible for applications to create and manipulate 3D elements directly. On top of this layer is a scene graph API, also called retained mode, that makes it possible to load and display entire 3D scenes youve designed ahead of time. Applications may use whichever API is most appropriate, or a combination of retained mode and immediate mode. The JSR 184 specification also defines a file format for scene graphs, .m3g. The toolkits emulator fully supports JSR 184 and youll find several MIDlets that show off the APIs capabilities in the Demo3D project. Life3D demonstrates the use of immediate mode: PogoRoo is an interactive demonstration that features a bouncing kangaroo: Fi