MIDlet Suite
A MIDP application, or MIDlet, is deployed as a MIDlet suite. A MIDlet
suite is a combination of a JAR file that collects the MIDlets and the associated
files necessary to create the MIDP application, and a Java Application Descriptor
(JAD) file that identifies the application to target devices. A MIDlet suite
can be built, executed, and deployed to mobile devices.
A MIDlet suite includes:
- A Java Application Descriptor (JAD) file. This file contains a predefined
set of attributes (denoted by names that begin with MIDlet-) that
allows Application Management Software (AMS) to identify, retrieve, and install
the MIDlets.
- A Java Archive (JAR) file. This contains:
- Java classes for each MIDlet in the suite.
- Java classes shared between MIDlets.
- Resource files used by the MIDlets (for example, image files).
- A manifest file describing the JAR contents and specifying attributes
used by AMS to identify and install the MIDlet suite.