New API in JDK7

[Kelly O'Hair]

Very interesting, thanks for sharing this.

-kto

Andrew John Hughes wrote:
> I thought this might be of interest to those who want a quick overview
> of actual API changes in JDK7 so far.  With Classpath, we use the
> japitools developed by Stuart Ballard
> (http://sab39.netreach.com/Software/Japitools/42/) to compare how well
> Classpath implements the APIs provided by various versions of the JDK.
>  The same can be done to see 'how well OpenJDK6 implements OpenJDK7'
> or rather what's changed since JDK6:
> 
> http://builder.classpath.org/japi/openjdk7-openjdk6.html
> 
> There's also the inverse:
> 
> http://builder.classpath.org/japi/openjdk6-openjdk7.html
> 
> which shows anything missing in OpenJDK7 that was in OpenJDK6 (some
> xml methods and one Swing method it seems).
> 
> Currently the results are based on IcedTea builds of b16 of OpenJDK6
> and b66 (Milestone 4) of OpenJDK7, and will be updated to new builds
> as they are released and supported by IcedTea.