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Java 5

Version: 5 Release date: 2004-09-30 EOL date: 2015-04-15 bytecode: 49.0

Documentation: vm , lang , api , notes

Distro

TCK

Vendor

License

Platforms

Java SE Development Kit 5

Oracle

Commercial

linux:x86 /x64 /

solaris:sparc /sparcv9 /x86 /x64 /

windows:x86 /x64 /

Technology Compatibility Kit

New Features

Language

Generics ( JSR 14 )
Annotations ( JSR 175 )
Autoboxing ( JSR 201 )
Enums ( JSR 201 )
For-each Loops ( JSR 201 )
Static Imports ( JSR 201 )
Var Args ( JSR 201 )

API

Concurrency Utilities (java.util.concurrent) ( JSR 166 )

New APIs

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