Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 6 Beta 2

Java SE 6 (JDK 1.6) is on beta 2 now.

There are some interesting improvements being made that will make Java nicer for people trafficking/trading in XML - and persisting information with it.

Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) 6 Beta 2:

New Client and Core Java Architecture for XML-Web Services (JAX-WS) 2.0 APIs
New support for Java Architecture for XML Binding (JAXB) 2.0

Seeing how they have hit beta 2 at mid-year, it seems very likely this JDK will be seeing its official release before the end. That is just going by past history, especially recently past history.

Sounds like Java will get even better for XML-oriented developers very soon.

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