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2. 2 Custom presentation- or document control name Presentation Overview »Short History of Java »Java 1.6 Mustang »Mustang core features »JAXB Java Architecture for XML Binding »Java 1.7 Dolphin

3. 3 Custom presentation- or document control name A brief history of Java »JDK 1.0 (January 23, 1996) »JDK 1.1 (February 19, 1997) »J2SE 1.2 (December 8, 1998)Playground »J2SE 1.3 (May 8, 2000)Kestrel »J2SE 1.4 (February 6, 2002)MerlinJSR 59 »J2SE 5.0 (September 30, 2004)TigerJSR 176 »Java SE 6 (December 11, 2006)MustangJSR 270 »Java SE 7 (????, 2008)DolphinIn progress

4. 4 Custom presentation- or document control name Java 1.5 Tiger – Major Features »Generics / (Templates in C++ terms) List nameList = new Vector (); »Annotations / Meta-data @XmlType(name = "ORDER_TYPE") »Enumerations public enum Day { SUNDAY, MONDAY, TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY } »Varargs System.out.printf(“This is a number %d and a float %f10.6”, anInt, aDouble );

5. 5 Custom presentation- or document control name Java 1.5 Mustang – Major Features »GUI API's enhancements (Swing, AWT, Desktop, Console) »JDBC 4.0 »Pluggable annotations »Tight Scripting integration »Java Complier API »JAXB 2.0

6. 6 Custom presentation- or document control name Miscellaneous Tips & new Tricks 1 » String.isEmpty() »Double ended queue: Deque »XML Resource bundles »HTML Cookies »User-Interface enhancements »Splash screens »Desktop »System tray »Dialog modality

7. 7 Custom presentation- or document control name Miscellaneous Tips & new Tricks 2 »URL with space: public class FileURL { public static void main(String args[]) throws MalformedURLException { Console console = System.console(); File file = new File("The End"); URL url1 = file.toURL(); URL url2 = file.toURI().toURL(); console.printf("Bad url %s%n", url1); console.printf("Good url %s%n", url2); } OUTPUT: Bad url file:/C:/Presentation/The End Good url file:/C:/Presentation/The%20End

8. 8 Custom presentation- or document control name Java Architecture for XML Binding Description of JAXB at: http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/WebServices/jaxb/

9. 9 Custom presentation- or document control name Live demo in Eclipse.....

10. 10 Custom presentation- or document control name Live demo in Eclipse »Create schema (XSD) »Option 1 »Compile schema with xjc (= Binding compiler) which yields a ObjectFactory »Option 2 »Create bean classes »Add root tag annotation »Add file jaxb.index in package

11. 11 Custom presentation- or document control name Java 1.7 Dolphin – Sneak preview »Still in the JCP process and an umbrella JSR is not available yet »Possible additions »Closures