Java: Recent Initiatives

• JavaSoft is in the process of developing some new APIs for inclusion in JDK 1.1.

• These APIs address the current shortcomings of Java and make it a more suitable medium for distributed computing.

• Java Enterprise API

  • Java Database Connectivity (JDBC)
  • Remote Method Invocation Specification (RMI)
  • Object Serialization Specification
  • Java IDL

• Java Core Reflection API

• Java Commerce API

• Java Security API

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