Re: what's new with Java 6

"Tim Jowers" <[email protected]> Tue, 15 Apr 2008 12:35:39 -0400
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To me, the big thing in Java 6 is the ability to dynamically load and run
scripts which interact with your objects. Otherwise, Java 6 offers mostly
improvements to the provided classes and continued fleshing out of
annotations; in contrast to the fundamental language additions of Java 5.
Java 7 is supposed to make a ton of language changes too and may even break
backwards compatibility some think. The Desktop API is pretty cool too.

See: http://www.serviza.com/javabook for a quick review of Java 6 changes.
Here's the summary:

   1.

   Splash screen during JVM startup
   2.

   SwingWorker for background threads in Swing
   3.

   Better JTable sorting and filtering
   4.

   Modal Dialog improvement
   5.

   Tray Icon
   6.

   Determine disk free space
   7.

   Network Parameters
   8.

   OutOfMemoryError improvements
   9.

   Java Platform Debug Architecture
   10.

   Programmatic Compiler Access
   11.

   Integrated Script support including JavaScript support
   12.

   XML Digital Signatures
   13.

   JAX-WS 2.0 for Webservices
   14.

   JAXB 2.0 for XML mapping to and from Java
   15.

   Double-Ended Queues
   16.

   JDBC driver auto-discovery
   17.

   Faster default performance
   18.

   True double buffering
   19.

   Long path names in Windows
   20.

   JTextComponent printing
   21.

   Better drag-n-drop in Swing
   22.

   New SwingSet examples
   23.

   Desktop API to launch viewers et cetera



Best,
TimJowers

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:09 PM, Richard O. Hammer <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Java 6 has been around over two years now I think.  Time for me to wake
> up and pay attention to it.
>
> What new improvements does it offer?
>
> Does anyone recommend a book which surveys the improvements?
>
> Thank you,
> Rich Hammer
>
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