what is the actual difference between java and javax packages
trufriend.916 0 Newbie Poster
jwenting 1,905 duckman Team Colleague
historical only. The javax packages were originally intended to be distributed separately as optional extras (thus the x, "xtra").
They were later incorporated into the standard distribution, but as they were already in widespread use the name could not be changed.
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