Forthcoming Java Programming Language Features

Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition Release 1.5 • Code name “Tiger” • Beta—Early 2004 • A major theme—ease of development. Increase expressiveness • Increase safety • Minimize incompatibility ─ No substantive VM changes ─ All binaries, most sources run unchanged ─ New keywords kept to a minimum (1). All subject to Java Community Process SM ─ JSR-014 Generics ─ JSR-175 Metadata (Annotations) ─ JSR-201 Remaining language changes • For more information ─ http://www.jcp.org • Participate! [via]

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