Java is a general-purpose programming language that is class-based, object-oriented, and designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible. 

Java five primary goals in the creation of the Java language:

• It must be simple, object-oriented, and familiar.
• It must be robust and secure.
• It must be architecture-neutral and portable.
• It must execute with high performance.
• It must be interpreted, threaded, and dynamic.