Java 5

Release Date	2004/09/30
EOL Date	2009/11/04 (Java SE 5 Update 22)
Codename	Tiger
Bytecode Version	49.0
API Changes	Compare to 1.4 - 1.3 - 1.2 - 1.1
Documentation	Release Notes, Language Spec, VM Spec, JavaDoc
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With many new language features this release made Java look like a modern programming language. For-each loops, autoboxing, static imports, enums etc. enabled a more concise coding style. With parameterized types we got compile time safety instead of cumbersome type cast expressions.

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)

Downloads

Vendor	Product	License	Platforms
Oracle	Java SE Development Kit 5.0	Commercial	linux-x86 linux-amd64 solaris-sparc solaris-sparcv9 solaris-x86 windows-x86 windows-amd64

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