The Pi4J Project
This project is intended to provide a friendly object-oriented I/O API and implementation libraries for Java Programmers to access the full I/O capabilities of the Raspberry Pi platform. This project abstracts the low-level native integration and interrupt monitoring to enable Java programmers to focus on implementing their application business logic.
All documentation is available on pi4j.com.
Discussions (former Forum) about the Pi4J (V2) project or here on GitHub on github.com/Pi4J/pi4j-v2/discussions.
Version 2 is the active project
Sources: pi4j-v2
As of Version 2.0, Pi4J will no longer include support for peripheral devices and add-on chipsets/boards as part of the core project. A new plugin model has been introduced in version 2.0 that should help enable third-party development and support third-party add-ons which may be developed and maintained independently of the core Pi4J project. More info is provided on What’s New in 2.0?.
Version 1 will not be further developed
Sources: pi4j-v1
- V1.3: Java 8
- V1.4: Java 11
The original library which started in 2012 and got a last release in 2021. Up till version 1.3 the library targets Java 8, while version 1.4 relies on Java 11. More info is provided on “Previous versions (V.1)".
