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Thanks to John Zack of The Hartford for his excellent introduction to Java 1.5! This presentation stirred some of the most lively debate yet seen at a Java SIG meeting. The implementation of Generics in 1.5 was very controversial. The new meta data functionality looks tantalizing as does autoboxing. The new printf functionality definitely harkens back to the old prinf days of C. Without question Jave 1.5 is a major update that will introduce some welcomed features but also present unique challenges.
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Abstract
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Java Standard Edition 1.5 (code name "Tiger") is the next major revision of the Java platform and language.
Not since the introduction of inner classes in Java 1.1, has the basic Java language specification undergone such major changes. In part, because of ease of development concerns and issues regarding increased type safety, the Java Community Process has introduced significant changes to the Java language itself.
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These changes include:
- Autoboxing of numeric data
- Static Imports
- Meta data
- Variable Arguments (“Varargs”) for methods
- Enhanced for loop
- Generics
- Typesafe enums
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Although we won't spend an excessive amount of time covering all the new capabilities added to the Java API, we will cover two API related changes that can have significant impact:
- The new C-style printf() capability
- The new Formatter class
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Speaker
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John M. Zack is an Enterprise Architect and Developer for The Hartford with over 20 years experience working in IT. He is presently involved in Enterprise projects related to using Java Web Services to expose legacy applications. He has over 5 years experience working with Java middleware and Internet applications, and prior to this, worked on numerous C++, C, and Smalltalk projects.
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