Server-Class Machine Detection
Improved Support for Environment Variables
JavaBeans Component Architecture
Java API for XML Processing (JAXP)
Remote Method Invocation (RMI)
Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
Java Naming and Directory Interface (JNDI)
Java Virtual Machine Tool Interface (JVMTI)
Java Platform Debugger Architecture (JPDA)
Annotation Processing Tool (apt)
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).