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included according to the referencing rules set out in that platform edition
specification. Other referenced specifications must be referenced in their
entirety.
Program Management
Office (PMO) The administrative structure that implements the Java Community Process
(JCP) program.
protected API APIs that require that an applet have permission to access them. An attempt to
use a protected API without the necessary permissions cause a security
exception error.
protection domain A set of permissions that control which protected APIs an applet can use.
Reference
Implementation (RI) The prototype or proof of concept implementation of a Java specification. All
new or revised specifications must include an RI. A specification RI must pass
all of the TCK tests for that specification.
second-level appeals
process Allows technology implementors who are not satisfied with a first-level appeal
decision to appeal the decision. See also appeals process and first-level appeals
process.
security domain A set of permissions that define what an application is allowed to do in
relationship to restricted APIs and secure communications.
security policy The set of permissions that a technology implementation or Application
Programming Interface (API) requires an application to have for the
application to access the implementation or API.
signature file A text representation of the set of public features provided by an API that is
part of a finished TCK. It is used as a signature reference during the TCK
signature test for comparison to the technology implementation under test.
signature test Checks that all the necessary API members are present and that there are no
extra members that illegally extend the API. It compares the API being tested
with a reference API and confirms if the API being tested and the reference API
are mutually binary compatible.
specification See Java specification.
standard values A configuration value used by the JavaTest harness to determine which tests in
the test suite to run and how to run them. The user can change standard values
using either the all values or standard values view in the Configuration Editor.