8.1. Overview of the Classes

Included with the Jena toolkit are the dependencies and installation instructions, which I won't repeat here. I have worked with Jena on Linux (Red Hat), FreeBSD, and Windows; the examples included with Jena and the examples in this chapter work equally well in all environments. The only requirement is that you use JRE 1.2 or above.

A description of the many Java classes included with Jena is included with the installation (as Javadocs). I won't cover all of them here, only those most critical to understanding the underlying architecture in Jena.