Welcome to the June edition of the JCP column! Each month I provide news and
information about the Java Community Process: newly submitted JSRs, new draft
specs, Java APIs that were finalized, and other updates from the JCP. June
means it is JavaOne time, and hence this column will discuss the conference
as well.
The Only Standards Body with a Version Number!
While the change from JCP 2.1 to 2.5 in October 2002 focused mainly on legal
aspects such as license types for RI and TCK and the ability to do
independent implementations, the proposed changes that would form version 2.6
of the process focus on the day-to-day activities in the JCP. This effort is
done via JSR 215. I like to call out three areas of focus: Community Review,
Expert Group formation, and TCKs. The propo... (more)
Welcome to the November edition of the JCP column! Each month you can read
about the Java Community Process: newly submitted JSRs, new draft specs, Java
APIs that were finalized, and other news from the JCP. For November I'll be
covering a handful of new JSRs, several final JSRs including one rather
longrunning one that has now reached the finish line, a plug for ApacheCon,
and a report ... (more)
Welcome to the April edition of the JCP column! Each month you can read about
the Java Community Process: newly submitted JSRs, new draft specs, Java APIs
that were finalized, and other news from the JCP. In this month's column I'm
focusing mostly on one new JSR.
Java Is a Platform
The above is an often-heard description when talking about this technology.
While many Java developers may f... (more)
Welcome to the October edition of the JCP column! Each month you can read
about the Java Community Process: newly submitted JSRs, new draft specs, Java
APIs that were finalized, and other news from the JCP. This month there are
no less than 22 JSRs worthy of discussion.
J2SE 5.0 Platform Approved
The J2SE 5.0 technology, also known by its development codename "Tiger," is
represented by 12... (more)
If you're reading this at the Web Services Edge 2005 East Conference, you're
probably having a great time. If, on the other hand, it's before February
15th, you might still have time to get to Boston and attend. For anyone
interested in Web services or XML, this conference will be big.
Whether you're at the conference or not, I want to highlight several of the
newest JCP Program Java Spec... (more)
Onno Kluyt is the chairperson of the JCP Program Management Office, Sun Microsystems.
Jacques Durand
Alf Pilgrim
Per Sjofors
Kirsten Lytsen
Data Recovery Services
Colin Armitage
