phones, Personal Data Assistants (PDAs), and

set-top boxes. The first part of this book provides a fast-paced introduction to the two

different configurations that make up the J2ME platform -- the Connected Limited Device

Configuration (CLDC) and the Connected Device Configuration (CDC), along with

the profiles that are based on them, such as the Mobile Information Device Profile (MIDP),

which provides the APIs for programming cell phones and similar devices. These chapters are

followed by a quick-reference section that details each class of the CLDC and MIDP APIs,

along with tables that show which Java packages and classes are available in each

configuration and profile.