Sun Microsystems announced availability of Java Standard Edition 6. Java 6 has a number of new features, you can read more about them from this link: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/features.jsp . A quote from the website:
New Security Features and Enhancements
- Native platform Security (GSS/Kerberos) integration.
- Java Authentication and Authorization Service (JAAS) login module that employs LDAP authentication
- New Smart Card I/O API
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Integrated Web Services
- New API for XML digital signature services for secure web services
- New Client and Core Java Architecture for XML-Web Services (JAX-WS) 2.0 APIs
- New support for Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 2.0
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Scripting Language Support (JSR 223)
- New framework and API for scripting languages
- Mozilla Rhino engine for JavaScript built into the platform
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Enhanced Management and Serviceability
- Improved JMX Monitoring API
- Runtime Support for dTrace (Solaris 10 and future Solaris OS releases only)
- Improved memory usage analysis and leak detection
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Increased Developer Productivity
- JDBC 4.0 support (JSR 221)
- Significant library improvements
- Improvements to the Java Platform Debug Architecture (JPDA) & JVM Tool Interface
Improved User Experience
- look-and-feel updates to better match underlying operating system
- Improved desktop performance and integration
- Enhanced internationalization support
Release Notes are available here: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/index.html .
Download URL: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/ea.jsp
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