Paul Stanway Jr
07-17-2005, 03:03 PM
Sun Lays Out Scenarios for 'Mustang,' 'Dolphin'
By Darryl K. Taft
Sun Microsystems Inc. recently laid out some of its possible plans for the next two versions of Java.
Graham Hamilton, Sun fellow and vice president, said Java SE 7, code-named Dolphin, which is expected by early 2008, will likely feature some language changes, such as direct support for XML data types in the language and method references. Other changes being considered for Dolphin include delivering new JVM (Java virtual machine) bytecodes for dynamic languages, support for the BeanShell scripting language, new I/O APIs, and a new packaging and deployment architecture.
Read more at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1835331,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594
By Darryl K. Taft
Sun Microsystems Inc. recently laid out some of its possible plans for the next two versions of Java.
Graham Hamilton, Sun fellow and vice president, said Java SE 7, code-named Dolphin, which is expected by early 2008, will likely feature some language changes, such as direct support for XML data types in the language and method references. Other changes being considered for Dolphin include delivering new JVM (Java virtual machine) bytecodes for dynamic languages, support for the BeanShell scripting language, new I/O APIs, and a new packaging and deployment architecture.
Read more at http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,1835331,00.asp?kc=EWRSS03119TX1K0000594