This section introduces you with the new features on Java 5. Here you will learn about the exciting new additions to the Java language. After going through this page you will better understand the features of Java 5.0.
Java 5 Features
This section introduces you with the new features on Java 5. Here you will learn about the exciting new additions to the Java language. After going through this page you will better understand the features of Java 5.0.
New Features in JDK 5
Here are the list of new Features added to the JDK 5.
- Metadata
- Auto-boxing and auto-unboxing of primitive type variables
- Var-args
- Formatted Output using The printf Method
- Formatted Input
- Concurrency utilities
- Scanners
- Static Imports
- Enumerated Types
- Generics
- JVM Improvements
- Enhanced for Loop
- RMI compiler-rmic
- Class-data sharing
- Monitoring
- JVM Profiling API (JVMTI)
- Improved diagnostic capability
- Desktop Client
- Core XML support
- Supplementary character support
- JDBC rowsets
In the future chapters we will give you examples that will show you how to really use these features