New Features and Enhancements

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	JDK for Solaris Developer's Guide

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Preface

New Features and Enhancements

Performance Enhancements

Java Language Features

Metadata (Annotations)

Virtual Machine

Class Data Sharing

Garbage Collector Ergonomics

Server-Class Machine Detection

Thread Priority Changes

Fatal Error Handling

High-Precision Timing Support

Core Libraries

Lang and Util Packages

Networking

Security

Internationalization

Improved Support for Environment Variables

JavaBeans Component Architecture

Collections Framework

Java API for XML Processing (JAXP)

Bit Manipulation Operations

Math

Instrumentation

Serialization

Concurrency Utilities

Threads

Monitoring and Management

Integration Libraries

Remote Method Invocation (RMI)

Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)

CORBA, Java IDL and RMI-IIOP

Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI)

User Interface

Internationalization

Java Sound Technology

Java Web Start Deployment

Tools and Tool Architecture

Java Virtual Machine Tool Interface (JVMTI)

Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA)

Java Compiler (javac)

Javadoc Tool

Annotation Processing Tool (apt)

OS & Hardware Platforms

Supported System Configurations

64-Bit AMD Opteron Processors

Compatibility with Previous Releases

Version 1.5.0 of the Java Platform Standard Edition 5 is a major feature release. The features listed below are introduced in 1.5.0 since the previous major release (1.4.0).

For highlights of the new features, also see J2SE 1.5 in a Nutshell (at http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/releases/j2se15/). For issues, see the JDK 5.0 release notes (at http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/relnotes.html).