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Java Versions

The document summarizes the major new features introduced in each version of Java from the initial release of JDK 1.0 in 1996 to Java SE 7 in 2011. Some of the key additions included generics, autoboxing/unboxing, and lambda expressions in Java 5, scripting language support and pluggable annotations in Java 6, and strings in switch statements and try-with-resources in Java 7. Each release brought enhancements across many areas of the Java platform and APIs in addition to the highlighted features.

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Java Versions

The document summarizes the major new features introduced in each version of Java from the initial release of JDK 1.0 in 1996 to Java SE 7 in 2011. Some of the key additions included generics, autoboxing/unboxing, and lambda expressions in Java 5, scripting language support and pluggable annotations in Java 6, and strings in switch statements and try-with-resources in Java 7. Each release brought enhancements across many areas of the Java platform and APIs in addition to the highlighted features.

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Java Versions, Features and History

A popular interview question in java is what is new in Java version X?. Is that an intelligent question is debatable. I have summarized below important new features added in each major java release till now. I target to highlight important features added in respective release. Apart from below list of features, every release has enhancements and lots of bug fixes.

Java Version SE 7
Code named Dolphin and released on July 28, 2011.

New features in Java SE 7


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

Java Version SE 6
Code named Mustang and released on December 11, 2006.

New features in Java SE 6


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.

J2SE Version 5.0


Code named Tiger and released on September 30, 2004.

New features in J2SE 5.0


Generics Enhanced for Loop Autoboxing/Unboxing Typesafe Enums Varargs

Static Import Metadata (Annotations) Instrumentation

J2SE Version 1.4


Code named Merlin and released on February 6, 2002 (first release under JCP).

New features in J2SE 1.4


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 1.3


Code named Kestrel and released on May 8, 2000.

New features in J2SE 1.3


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

J2SE Version 1.2


Code named Playground and released on December 8, 1998.

New features in J2SE 1.2


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.

JDK Version 1.1 Released on February 19, 1997


New features in JDK 1.1
JDBC (Java Database Connectivity) Inner Classes

Java Beans RMI (Remote Method Invocation) Reflection (introspection only)

JDK Version 1.0


Codenamed Oak and released on January 23, 1996. Wishing you a happy new year!

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