Information Module Profile

IMP stands for the Information Module Profile. It is a specification put out by Sun Microsystems for the use of Java on embedded devices with very limited displays. It is a subset of the Mobile Information Device Profile.

IMP is part of the Java ME framework.

Noteworthy Limitations

 * No API for displays

General APIs
The core APIs are defined by the underlying Configuration CLDC.

javax.microedition.io
Contains the Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition specific classes used for I/O operations.

javax.microedition.rms
Provides a form of persistent storage for Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition.

javax.microedition.midlet
Contains the base classes for Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition applications.