2/12/2004
3:30pm-4:30pm
ECCR 265
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The Java "Tiger" Release: Java2 Standard Edition 1.5
Bruce K. Haddon
Principal Engineer/Master Java Architect, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
J2SE 1.5 (the "Tiger" release) is the next major revision to the Java language
and to the Java platform; the compiler and the Java Development Kit (JDK). The
materials for this revision are scheduled for release in the latter part of the
summer of 2004. The 1.5 release will include 15 component Java Specification
Requests (JSR's) to be managed by the Java Community Process (JCP). It will
also include major enhancements in quality, monitoring and manageability,
performance and scalability, and ease of development. Parts of the 1.5 revision
are already available to the registered developer community, and beta versions
will be generally available soon.
This talk introduces a cross-section of the changes in the areas of extensions
to the Java language, and enhancements to the JDK and other aspects of the Java
environment. "Tiger" represents the largest set of extensions to the Java
programming language since the changes introduced with Java2.
Dr. Haddon earned a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of
Colorado in 1979. Since then he has, amongst other positions, been the Director
of the University Computing Centre at the University of Sydney, Australia, a
member of the faculty of both the Department of Computer Science and the
Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at CU-Boulder, Vice-President
for Engineering at International Language Engineering, and, for the last
several years, a software consultant for many of the larger customers and
clients of Sun Microsystems, in the US, Canada, and the UK. His computing
interests are programming languages, abstract machines, portability, storage
management, and software development methodology.
Hosted by William Waite.
Bruce provided a copy of his slides after the conclusion of his talk.
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