HP-UX 11i Java™ JDK/JRE Version 7.0.09 Release Notes

• Java XML

◦ Support for Java API for XML Processing (JAXP) 1.4.5

• Internationalization

◦ Support for Unicode 6.0.0

• JDBC 4.1

Ability to use a try-with-resources statement to automatically close

resources of type Connection, ResultSet, and Statement

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◦ Introduction of the RowSetFactory interface and the RowSetProvider class

• Java Virtual Machine

◦ Support for non-Java languages by means of newly added invokedynamic

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For a complete list of Java SE 7 features, click Features and Enhancements.

New in the 7.0.09 release

HP's JDK/JRE 7.0.09 release includes the following features:

• “Equivalent Oracle release” (page 8)

• “HotSpot JVM ” (page 8)

• “Problem fixes” (page 9)

• “Defects fixed in the 7.0.09 release ” (page 9)

• “Security fixes in the 7.0.09 release” (page 10)

Equivalent Oracle release

This HP JDK/JRE 7.0.09 release includes the functionality, enhancements, and defect

fixes equivalent to Oracle releases up to and including Java 7u51, as well as certain HP

platform-specific defect fixes. The HP JDK/JRE 7.0.09 release passes all of the tests in

Oracle's Java Compatibility Kit test suite (JCK 7). Experimental JVM options in Oracle's

JDK releases since 5u19 (for example, -XX:+DoEscapeAnalysis,

-XX:+UseCompressedOops, and similar options) are not supported in JDK/JRE 7.0.09.

NOTE: The-XX:+UseG1GC option is no longer considered experimental starting in

HP JDK/JRE 7.0.02 release.

HotSpot JVM

All -X options supported in earlier HotSpot JVMs are included in this version. Performance,

tool support, tool enhancements, and features are documented in the HP-UX Programmer's