Tiger, the next version of the J2SE SDK, features language improvements, better performance, better debugging and management, near-native GUI representation, and much more. We grab the Tiger by the tail and take a good look at what it has to offer.
by Laurence Moroney
August 24, 2004
t has been a little while since Java got a refresh, and with the Java Community Process churning out updates in the form of new JSRs by the hundred, it is high time that the standard or reference API got updated. Well, the time has come, and version 5.0 (codenamed 'Tiger') is currently in its second beta phase. Technically speaking, Tiger is the 1.5 version of Java, but Sun Microsystems announced at the 2004 JavaOne developers conference that this version would start fresh with a '5.0' number. You can download the beta from http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0. This article will cover the major functional improvements and let you know what to expect from 'Tiger.'
The improvements to the API can be grouped into the following major themes:
Developer productivity
Scalability and performance
Monitoring and manageability
Improved desktop
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t has been a little while since Java got a refresh, and with the Java Community Process churning out updates in the form of new JSRs by the hundred, it is high time that the standard or reference API got updated. Well, the time has come, and version 5.0 (codenamed 'Tiger') is currently in its second beta phase. Technically speaking, Tiger is the 1.5 version of Java, but Sun Microsystems announced at the 2004 JavaOne developers conference that this version would start fresh with a '5.0' number. You can download the beta from 
