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JDK 6 New Features

Java SE 6 (or JDK 6), codenamed Mustang, was released on December 11, 2006. Sun replaced J2SE with Java SE, and dropped the .0 from the version number.

JDK 6 New Language Features

No new language features were introduced in JDK 6.

JDK 6 Library Changes

Improved Web Service support through JAX-WS (JSR 224)
JDBC 4.0 Support (JSR 221)
Java Compiler API (JSR 199)
Scripting Language Support (JSR 223)

JDK 6 Other New Features

Performance improvement for the core platform and Swing

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