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The Java language has undergone several changes since JDK 1.0 as well as numerous additions of classes and packages to the standard library.Since J2SE 1.4, the evolution of the Java language has been governed by the Java Community Process (JCP), which uses Java Specification Requests (JSRs) to propose and specify additions and changes to the Java platform.
In compilers, backward compatibility may refer to the ability of a compiler for a newer version of the language to accept source code of programs or data that worked under the previous version. [8] A data format is said to be backward compatible when a newer version of the program can open it without errors just like its predecessor. [9]
The Java Platform Module System follows a different philosophy from the OSGi architecture that aims at providing modularity for the Java Runtime Environment in a backwards-compatible way that uses the default mechanism of loading classes that the JRE provides.
In June 2008, Red Hat announced that the packaged binaries for OpenJDK on Fedora 9, built using IcedTea 6, had passed the Technology Compatibility Kit tests and could claim to be a fully compatible Java 6 implementation. [95] In July 2009, an IcedTea 6 binary build for Ubuntu 9.04 passed all of the compatibility tests in the Java SE 6 TCK. [96]
The Java Development Kit (JDK) is a distribution of Java technology by Oracle Corporation. It implements the Java Language Specification ( JLS ) and the Java Virtual Machine Specification ( JVMS ) and provides the Standard Edition ( SE ) of the Java Application Programming Interface ( API ).
Java version overview Version Type Class file format version [1] Release date End of public updates (free) End of extended support (paid) JDK 1.0: 45 [2]: 23rd January 1996
Source-code compatibility (source-compatible) means that a program can run on computers (or operating systems), independently of binary-code compatibility and that the source code is needed for portability. [1] The source code must be compiled before running, unless the computer used has an interpreter for the language at hand. [2]
Backward-compatible video game consoles (1 C, 30 P) Pages in category "Backward compatibility" The following 13 pages are in this category, out of 13 total.