Java Tiger-Roars really hard!!

Hi all, So lets start out techo campaign(code named-COLGATE ha ha).. Lets start with an intro to Java Tiger..We will discuss about the new features in this session and in deatil in subsequent sessions..So GET,SET,GO... Java Tiger (Java SE 5.0) Probably this is the biggest and the most visible realease of Java.Lets look into how Java evolved wrt the Language changes.

1. JDK 1.0
Initial Language,Very Popular.

2. JDK 1.1
Inner Classes,newer model

3. JDK 1.2,1.3
No changes at language level

4. JDK 1.4
Assertions(Minor laguage change)

5. JDK 1.5
Biggest changes to language since JDK 1.0

The J2SE 5.0 release is focused along certain key themes:

• Ease of Development
• Scalability and Performance
• Monitoring and Manageability
• Desktop Client

Seven Major New features introduced in Tiger are:

1.Generics
2.Autoboxing/Unboxing
3.Enhanced FOR Loop("foreach)
4.Type-Safe Enumerations.
5.Varargs.
6.Static Import.
7.Meta Data(annotations..its really kewl!!)

We will discuss in detail about each one of the above,after I read about them in detail..ha ha...bye for now..
Enjoy JAVA!!

Regards,
Anshul Khandelwal