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== JDK 1.0 ([[January 23]], [[1996]]) ==
Initial release<ref name = "pr10">[http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1996-01/sunflash.960123.10561.html Version 1.0 press release], Sun.</ref>
=== JDK 1.1 ([[February 19]], [[1997]]) ===
Major additions included:<ref name = "pr11">[http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1997-02/sunflash.970219.0001.html Version 1.1 press release], Sun.</ref>
* an extensive retooling of the [[Abstract Windowing Toolkit|AWT]] event model
* [[inner class]]es added to the language
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== J2SE 1.2 ([[December 8]], [[1998]])==
Codename '''Playground'''.
This and subsequent releases through J2SE 5.0 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:<ref name = "pr12">[http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/1998-12/sunflash.981208.9.html Version 1.2 press release], Sun.</ref>
* <code>[[strictfp]]</code> keyword
* [[Reflection (computer science)|reflection]] which supports Introspection only, no modification at runtime possible.
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== J2SE 1.3 ([[May 8]], [[2000]])==
Codename '''Kestrel'''.
The most notable changes were:<ref name = "pr13">[http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2000-05/sunflash.20000508.3.html Version 1.3 press release], Sun.</ref><ref name = "ch13">[http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/docs/relnotes/features.html Version 1.3 full list of changes], Sun.</ref>
* [[HotSpot]] JVM included (the HotSpot JVM was first released in April, 1999 for the J2SE 1.2 JVM)
* [[Java remote method invocation|RMI]] was changed to be based on [[CORBA]]
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== J2SE 1.4 ([[February 6]], [[2002]])==
Codename '''Merlin'''.
This was the first release of the Java platform developed under the Java Community Process as [http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=59 JSR 59]. Major changes included:<ref name = "pr14">[http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2002-02/sunflash.20020206.5.html Version 1.4 press release].</ref><ref name = "ch14">[http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/docs/relnotes/features.html full Version 1.4 list of changes].</ref>
* <code>[[Assertion (computing)|assert]]</code> keyword (Specified in [http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=41 JSR 41].)
* [[regular expressions]] modeled after [[Perl]] regular expressions
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== J2SE 5.0 ([[September 30]], [[2004]])==
Codename '''Tiger'''.
(Originally numbered 1.5, which is still used as the internal version number.<ref name = "version 5">[http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/relnotes/version-5.0.html Version 5 release notes], Sun.</ref>) Developed under [http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=176 JSR 176], Tiger added a number of significant new language features:<ref name = "pr15">[http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2004-09/sunflash.20040930.1.html Verſion 1.5 press release].</ref><ref name = "ch15">[http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5/docs/relnotes/features.html Verſion 1.5 full list of changes].</ref>
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=== Major changes ===
Major changes included in this version:<ref name = "pr16">[http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2006-12/sunflash.20061211.1.xml Verſion 1.6 press release].</ref><ref name = "ch16">[http://java.sun.com/javase/6/features.jsp Verſion 1.6 full list of changes].</ref>
* Scripting Language Support ([[JSR 223]]): Generic API for tight integration with scripting languages, and built-in [[Mozilla]] [[Javascript]] [[Rhino (JavaScript engine)|Rhino]] integration
* Dramatic performance improvements for the core platform<ref name = "lobby">[http://www.javalobby.org/java/forums/t66270.html Java Lobby].</ref><ref name = "weblog">[http://weblogs.java.net/blog/opinali/archive/2005/11/mustangs_hotspo.html Muſtang’s HotSpot], Sun weblogs.</ref>, and [[Swing_(Java)|Swing]].
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