Standard Extension Features coming in 2.0
Rowsets - a JavaBean component that can contain a set of rows from a result set.
JNDI - the Java Naming and Directory Interface will use logical names to connect to a database and driver.
Connection pooling - a cache of open connections.
Distributed Transaction Support - allows a JDBC driver to support a standard two-phase commit protocol used by the Java Transaction API. This will enable transactions to be put into JavaBeans.