Miscellaneous
The following changes were also made to the JDK 1.1 release.
-
Byte, Short, and Void Classes
Bytes and shorts are accommodated as wrapped numbers by adding
new classes Byte and Short.
The abstract class Number gets two
new concrete methods:
byteValue and shortValue;
the default implementations of these use the intValue method.
A new class, Void, is an uninstantiable placeholder.
- The
@deprecated tag
Used in documentation comments for unambiguously marking
classes, methods, and fields that have been superseded by new
API. The compiler issues a warning when it processes source
code that uses deprecated API.
- Accessing Resource Files
JDK 1.1 provides a new mechanism for locating a resource file
independently of its location. For example, this mechanism can
locate a resource file whether it is an applet loaded from the
net using multiple HTTP connects, an applet loaded using JAR
files, or a "library" installed in the class path.
- Additions to APPLET Tag (HTML)
Enhancements of the <APPLET> tag used in HTML.
Where to Find Documentation on These Topics
- The only information currently available for the
Byte
,
Short, and
Voidclasses is the javadoc-generated API documentation.
-
See
Migrating to 1.1
for information about how JDK 1.1 supersedes old "out-of-favor" APIs
and how to convert your programs.
-
Accessing Resources
describes how you can locate resources in a location-independent manner.
-
APPLET Tag
documents all of the components of the
<APPLET> tag including
the ones new for 1.1.
