The code for Java Web Start was not released by Oracle as part of OpenJDK, and thus OpenJDK originally did not support it. Java Web Start was distributed as part of the Java Platform until being removed in Java SE 11, following its deprecation in Java SE 9. The technology enables seamless version updating for globally distributed applications and greater control of memory allocation to the Java virtual machine. In computing, Java Web Start (also known as JavaWS, javaws or JAWS) is a deprecated framework developed by Sun Microsystems (now Oracle) that allows users to start application software for the Java Platform directly from the Internet using a web browser. ( August 2022) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message) Several templates and tools are available to assist in formatting, such as reFill ( documentation) and Citation bot ( documentation).
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