This page contains summaries of changes that have been made to the
Java
2 SDK Documentation
since the first public release of version 1.3 Beta of the
Java 2 SDK on 19 August 1999.
Note:
For each new feature release of the Java 2 SDK, we release a new
documentation download bundle and website documentation. For each
subsequent update release, only specific website documents are updated.
Latest change listed at the top:
 24Oct01 -
Beginning October 17, 2001, it is permissable to redistribute
the "javac" compiler with the Java 2 Runtime Environment (JRE).
See the Sun Binary Code License
and the JRE README for terms
and conditions. Items that have been added to the section
in the README entitled "Redistribution of Java 2 SDK files"
are:
bin/javac.exe (Microsoft Windows)
bin/javac and bin/i386/native_threads/javac (Linux and Solaris IA)
bin/javac and bin/sparc/native_threads/javac (Solaris SPARC)
lib/tools.jar (on all platforms)
These files include the Java 2 SDK tools classes, including
the classes for the "javac" compiler.
Additionally, on Microsoft Windows platforms it is now
permissible to redistribute the Java HotSpot Server VM (also
known as "C2") with the Microsoft Windows version of the
JRE. (C2 is already included in the JREs for Linux and the
Solaris Operating Environment.)
Items that have been added to the README section on "Redistribution
of Java 2 SDK files" are:
jre/bin/server/jvm.dll
jre/bin/server/Xusage.txt
22May01 - Posted new online document
Tuning Garbage Collection
with the 1.3.1 Java Virtual Machine.
17May01 - J2SE 1.3.1 released.
07Feb01 - Added new online reference page for the
javald utility,
which creates wrappers for Java applications (available only for
the Solaris Operating Environment).
18Sep00 - Updated J2SE 1.3 documentation bundle
available for download. The documentation
includes updates for the Solaris
Operating Environment and Linux releases of J2SE 1.3.
Users of J2SE 1.3 for Win32 platforms need not re-download the
updated documentation bundle.
18Sep00 - Final Version of J2SE 1.3
for Solaris OE's released.
10May00 - Updated security permissions document with new information regarding RuntimePermission, AWTPermission, and SecurityPermission use in 1.3.
08May00 - Added description of the VM's
-Xfuture command-line option to the reference page
for the Java application launcher.
08May00 - Final Version of Java 2 SDK,
Standard Edition, v1.3 for Win32 platforms, released.
14Apr00 - Release Candidate 3 of the Java
2 SDK, Standard Edition, v1.3 released.
28Mar00 - Third set of
post-Beta API specification changes
are available for community-process public review.
28Mar00 - Release Candidate 2 of the Java
2 SDK, Standard Edition, v1.3 released.
08Feb00 - New file on Keyboard Binding added to documentation set.
28Jan00 - Release Candidate 1 of the Java
2 SDK, Standard Edition, v1.3 released.
24Jan00 - Second set of
post-Beta API specification changes
are available for community-process public review.
02Dec99 - The Japanese version of the non-API
portions of 1.3 Beta documentation is now available for
browsing and download from the Java Developer Connection website. A Japanese version of the full documentation set,
including API documentation, is forthcoming.
Browse Japanese Beta documentation
03Nov99 - Post-Beta
specification changes are available for community-process public review.
21Oct99 - Added notes about incompatibilities regarding
java.security.BasicPermission constructors and the
java.lang.reflect.Field.set method to the
Compatibility with Previous Releases
document.
20Sep99 - The document
Installation of Solaris Patches has
been updated to reflect the fact that all required and recommended patches
are now freely available from the the SunSolve web site.
24Aug99 - API specification changes proposed for
version 1.3 of the Java 2 platform are
available for public review
as part of the Java Community Process.
24Aug99 - Version 1.3 Beta of the Java
2 SDK, Standard Edition, released.
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