The first part of this talk gives an overview of the extensions and changes in Java now available in JDK 1.1:
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Java language: inner classes, internationalization, and object serialization
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Major extensions to the Abstract Windowing Toolkit (AWT) for writing UI's: lightweight components to allow more control and more sophistication in UI, and more general event handling model.
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Security: signed applets and cryptographic API's
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Distributed Computing: JDBC, RMI, and JavaBeans
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We will briefly mention plans for enterprise and commerce extensions, and additional extensions such as the "Swing set".
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