Java J2SE Version 1.5

Something to get excited about

http://java.sun.com/j2se
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Backwards compatibility
1.5 class files will run on 1.4 JVM and visaversa !

New Language Features
Autoboxing
Generics
ForEach
Type Safe Enums
JSR201 - Varargs (printf())
Static Import
JSR175 - Metadata annotations

New Library Features
JSR204 - character pairs - UNICODE isn't big enough
JSR114 - JDBC
JSR163 - JVM API
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