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JDK 1.2 New Feature Summary

JDK 1.2 Contents

JDK 1.2 is a major Java API release of the Java Development Kit, with these new features taking it beyond JDK 1.1.x. Not all of these features are fully implemented in this beta release. These features are divided into Core Platform and Standard Extensions.

Core Platform

The Core Platform will be available on all Java Compatible systems supporting 1.2.
  1. Security Enhancements

  2. Swing (JFC)

  3. Java 2D (JFC)

  4. Accessibility (JFC)

  5. Drag & Drop (JFC)

  6. Application Services (JFC)

  7. Collections

  8. Extensions Framework

  9. JavaBeansTM Enhancements

  10. Input Method Framework

  11. Version Identification

  12. RMI Enhancements

  13. Serialization Enhancements

  14. Reference Objects

  15. Audio Enhancements

  16. Java IDL

  17. Performance Enhancements

  18. JAR Enhancements

  19. JNI Enhancements

  20. Reflection Enhancements

  21. Java Virtual Machine Debugger Interface

  22. JDBC Enhancements

Standard Extensions

Standard Extensions extend the Java Platform with capabilities beyond what is provided within the Java core platform. The Java Servlet API (described below), is one of many planned Standard Extensions that will be available from Sun's JavaSoft. Standard extensions must conform to the Extension Architecture.

Tools

Several of the JDK tools have improvements; the one listed here has a substantial design change and corresponding documentation.


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