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Playground (1.2), Kestrel (1.3), Merlin (1.4), Tiger (5.0), Mustang (6), Dolphin (7); where do the names come from? With each release of the standard edition, the core libraries keep growing. At least the language level changes seem to have settled down for this release. I remember when the whole of Java source and javadocs used to fit on a 720-KB floppy disk. With this chapter, you see why you now require 50 MB just for the API docs and another 50 MB or so for the platform. Read on to the libraries and tools chapters to discover the latest features of the Java Standard Edition in Mustang.
In this next chapter, you’ll learn about the changes to the language and utilities packages. You’ll learn about what’s new and different with java.lang.*, java.util.*, and all of their subpackages. You’ll learn about everything from updates, to resource bundle handling, to the concurrency utilities; you’ll also learn about lazy atomics and resizing arrays.
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(2006). Java SE 6 at a Glance. In: Java™ 6 Platform Revealed. Apress. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4302-0187-8_1
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