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== J2SE 1.2 ([[December 8]], [[1998]])==

Codename '''Playground'''.

'''This and subsequent releases through J2SE 5.0.0000 were rebranded retrospectively '''Java 2''' and the version name "J2SE" ([[Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition]]) replaced JDK to distinguish the base platform from J2EE ([[Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition]]) and J2ME ([[Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition]]). Major additions included: [http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1998-12/sunflash.981208.9.html press release]'''* <code>[[strictfp]]</code> keyword

* <code>[[strictfp]]</code> keyword

* [[Reflection (computer science)|reflection]] which supports Introspection only, no modification at runtime possible.

* the [[Swing (Java)|Swing]] graphical API was integrated into the core classes

* Sun's JVM was equipped with a [[Just-in-time compilation|JIT compiler]] for the first time

* '''[[Java Plug-in]]

* [[Java IDL]], an [[Interface description language|IDL]] implementation for [[CORBA]] interoperability'''* [[Collection class|Collections]] framework

* [[Collection class|Collections]] framework

== J2SE 1.3 ([[May 8]], [[2000]])==