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Java SE 6: Better GUI, Better Debugging

Enhanced XML capabilities, faster performance also among new features

By Alex Handy

January 1, 2007 — (Page 1 of 2)
Sun Microsystems has released the latest version of the Java SE platform, with better native GUI integrations, increased capabilities for dealing with XML and faculties for monitoring applications that are already running. Java SE 6 also includes some performance enhancements that could increase the speed of existing applications by as much as 15 percent.

Mark Reinhold, chief engineer for the Java SE platform, said that the new platform has been under intense scrutiny both inside and outside of Sun. Sun offered up completed builds of the new version of this JDK to developers throughout the revision process, he said, which was something that prepared the Sun team for the coming open-source release of the Java SE 6 JDK next year.

“We had over 300 bug fixes and enhancements contributed by developers in the community,” said Reinhold. “It’s been a positive experience for us. It’s been a good training ground for how to move forward for us with the full open-source project.”

While many enterprise developers might see Java EE as the best choice for their environments, Java SE 6 adds some new features that may appeal specifically to enterprise coders. Reinhold said that the new edition of Java includes a Web services client stack—JAX-WS—designed to make the digestion of Web services simpler.

Also on the enterprise side of the fence, Java SE 6 adds new XML capabilities. Developers can quickly transform XML schema into Java objects, and back again, said Reinhold.

User interfaces were also an important factor in the new version of Java SE. Reinhold said that a lot of time was spent working toward a more integrated look and feel for Java applications running in Windows Vista and other rich GUIs. These additions tie into the Matisse GUI builder, which Sun offers alongside its NetBeans IDE. Matisse has also been ported to the Eclipse IDE.

‘BOON TO DEVELOPERS’
But Michael Goulde, senior analyst at Forrester Research, said that he expects Java SE 6’s new monitoring and debugging capabilities to make the biggest splash with developers. “The ability to dynamically attach monitoring consoles to running applications—and there are hooks in Java SE 6 that allow them to do that—along with Sun’s DTrace facilities will really be a boon to developers to help them debug and test their applications.”

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