JExamples is a web-based, source code search engine for the Java language. It provides the ability to search the JExamples database for Java examples. The JExamples database contains the source code of Java

Java (programming language)

Java is a programming language originally developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995 as a core component of Sun Microsystems' Java platform. The language derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities...

 open source

Open source

The term open source describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product's source materials. Some consider open source a philosophy, others consider it a pragmatic methodology...

 projects. The search engine

Search engine

A search engine is an information retrieval system designed to help find information stored on a computer system. The search results are usually presented in a list and are commonly called hits. Search engines help to minimize the time required to find information and the amount of information...

 understands the semantics of Java, so the search yields more accurate results than a text search. JExamples also provides the ability to rate examples and the highest rated examples are shown first.

Available since March, 2005, JExamples was the first public web site to allow searching of open source code.

Products & services

In addition to the web-based search engine, JExamples provides a plug-in for the firefox web browser.