Foundation Profile

• Most basic CDC profile
• In combination with the class library provided by CDC:
  • network support
  • I/O support
• In particular, it does not include any support for graphics or GUI services.

http://java.sun.com/products/foundation
 

Personal Basis Profile

• Provides a structure for building lightweight component toolkits and support for the Xlet application programming model
• Personal Basis Profile includes all of the Foundation Profile APIs.

http://java.sun.com/products/personalbasis

Personal Profile

• Full AWT support
• Applet support
• Limited bean support.
• Includes all of the Personal Basis Profile APIs
• Migration path for PersonalJava technology.

http://java.sun.com/products/personalprofile