Scribd
Upload
68 views

JDK Version 1.0 - Code:Oak and Released:january 23, 1996

The document outlines the major versions of the Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) and some of their key features. It shows that JDK 1.0 was the initial release in 1996, followed by versions adding features like JDBC, inner classes, and RMI. Java SE 1.2 introduced collections, JIT compilation, and Swing. Later versions included improvements to areas like XML processing, web services, strings in switch statements, and try-with-resources statements. Major releases introduced significant new capabilities to the Java language and platform like generics, annotations, and lambda expressions.

Uploaded by

Samrat singh
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
68 views

JDK Version 1.0 - Code:Oak and Released:january 23, 1996

The document outlines the major versions of the Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) and some of their key features. It shows that JDK 1.0 was the initial release in 1996, followed by versions adding features like JDBC, inner classes, and RMI. Java SE 1.2 introduced collections, JIT compilation, and Swing. Later versions included improvements to areas like XML processing, web services, strings in switch statements, and try-with-resources statements. Major releases introduced significant new capabilities to the Java language and platform like generics, annotations, and lambda expressions.

Uploaded by

Samrat singh
Copyright
© © All Rights Reserved
Available Formats
Download as DOCX, PDF, TXT or read online on Scribd
You are on page 1/ 4

JDK Version 1.

0 – Code:Oak and released:January 23, 1996

JDK Version 1.1 - February 19, 1997

 JDBC (Java Database Connectivity)


 Inner Classes
 Java Beans
 RMI (Remote Method Invocation)
 Reflection (introspection only)

J2SE Version 1.2 - December 8, 1998.

 Collections framework.
 Java String memory map for constants.
 Just In Time (JIT) compiler.
 Jar Signer for signing Java ARchive (JAR) files.
 Policy Tool for granting access to system resources.
 Java Foundation Classes (JFC) which consists of Swing 1.0, Drag and Drop, and Java 2D class
libraries.
 Java Plug-in
 Scrollable result sets, BLOB, CLOB, batch update, user-defined types in JDBC.
 Audio support in Applets.

J2SE Version 1.3 - Code : Kestrel and released : May 8, 2000.

 Java Sound
 Jar Indexing
 A huge list of enhancements in almost all the java area.

J2SE Version 1.4 - Code : Merlin and released : February 6, 2002

 XML Processing
 Java Print Service
 Logging API
 Java Web Start
 JDBC 3.0 API
 Assertions
 Preferences API
 Chained Exception
 IPv6 Support
 Regular Expressions
 Image I/O API
J2SE Version 5.0 - Code : Tiger and released : September 30, 2004.

 Generics
 Enhanced for Loop
 Autoboxing/Unboxing
 Typesafe Enums
 Varargs
 Static Import
 Metadata (Annotations)
 Instrumentation

Java Version SE 6 - Code : Mustang and released : December 11, 2006.

 Scripting Language Support


 JDBC 4.0 API
 Java Compiler API
 Pluggable Annotations
 Native PKI, Java GSS, Kerberos and LDAP support.
 Integrated Web Services.
 Lot more enhancements.

Java Version SE 7 - Code : Dolphin and released :n July 28, 2011.

 Strings in switch Statement


 Type Inference for Generic Instance Creation
 Multiple Exception Handling
 Support for Dynamic Languages
 Try with Resources
 Java nio Package
 Binary Literals, underscore in literals
 Diamond Syntax
 Automatic null Handling
Enhanced For loop
for(Integer number : numbers){
System.out.println(number);
}

Variable Arguments
static void addTest(String message, int... numbers) {
int result = 0;
for(int num : numbers) {
result = result + num;
}
return result;
}

Static Imports

import static java.lang.Math.*;


import static java.lang.System.*;

public class StaticTest {

public static void main(String[] args) {


gc();
out.println("Testing static object");
out.println("max of 10 and 20 is " + max(10, 20));
}
}

Autoboxing in Java 5.0

Annotations in Java 5.0

Generics in Java 5.0

Typesafe Enums

Formatted output - printf(), String.format()

You might also like