Java Development Kit upgrade to release 1.2 (reference)       12/8/98
 
We have installed the recent 1.2 reference JDK release on Athena for
Sun/Solaris. To use java from this release, add the java locker with the -f 
switch, then invoke the desired java application with a "-ver 1.2ref" 
command-line switch: 

add -f java; javac -ver 1.2ref myapplet.java 

or if you prefer, add the java_v1.2ref locker (with the -f switch) followed 
by the java application without the version switch:

add -f java_v1.2ref; javac myapplet.java

There are a number of new binaries and substantial changes in this release.
See http://web.mit.edu/java_v1.2ref/distrib/sun4x_56/docs/index.html for
a documentation starting point. New features are discussed at
http://web.mit.edu/java_v1.2ref/distrib/sun4x_56/docs/relnotes/features.html,
and demos at 
http://web.mit.edu/java_v1.2ref/distrib/sun4x_56/docs/relnotes/demos.html

We plan to make this release the default during IAP in January 1999,
and hope to have the corresponding Linux and SGI releases by that
time.

(NOTES: many of the demos won't run in Netscape on Athena as it is currently
configured- you will need to run them with the appletviewer instead; 
performance is slow on Sparc 4s and 5s, particularly for the JFC (Swing) 
examples)

This message is in file /mit/java/Athena/messages/JDK120 if you want to
read it again.

Please report installation problems or questions to 3partysw@mit.edu