Here's a good link with a summary of some of the new features: http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/releases/j2se15/
One of the major pieces that I missed is uplifting everything to support the Unicode 4.0 updates; char is now UTF-16 encoded value, etc. > -----Original Message----- > From: Nathan Beyer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 6:19 PM > To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org > Subject: RE: J2SE 5 Plan / Roadmap > > This can probably be split up into a couple pieces; here are some of my > thoughts. > > * JLS3 bytecode support - Can the current VM load JLS3 class files? If > not, > what's missing (besides the major.minor version header)? Can some features > be enabled/uplifted to allow APIs to move forward? Since generics are a > compile-time feature, can code begin using generics by just allowing the > JLS3 major.minor version? In any case, this probably breaks down into a > couple topics: generics, annotations, enums, return-value-covariance and > others. > > * Java 5 APIs [NEW] - Most of the brand-new APIs have been identified > (java.lang.management, etc) and some are already being checked in. It > seems > like there's already a undocumented process here, which is to uplift and > build any APIs to the Java 5 specification and leaving out any Java > 5-specific language features, like generification, enums and annotations. > > * Java 5 APIs [Generfication] - Once we can allow code with generics to be > compiled and loaded, then we could begin a phase of uplifting all of the > newly generified APIs (Collections, etc). > > * Java 5 APIs [Annotations] - I suspect, but could be wrong, that > Annotations support will be more difficult to implement in the VM, as > there > is some runtime support. When this is available, another phase can be > initiated to uplift all of the APIs with the appropriate Annotations > (@deprecated, @override, etc). > > I'm not too familiar with the JAPI tool, but if Stuart can get the Harmony > reports to run against the Java 5 specifications, I this would provide an > enormous boost in the arena of new Java 5 APIs. Does JAPI support JLS3 > features, like generics, annotations and enum checking? > > Those are some of my thoughts at least. > > BTW: JLS3 == Java Language Specification, 3rd Edition > > -Nathan > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Geir Magnusson Jr [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 9:40 AM > > To: harmony-dev@incubator.apache.org > > Subject: J2SE 5 Plan / Roadmap > > > > We should probably start thinking about how we'll move forward. There > > have been a few casual conversations, but lets start getting some things > > down here.
