These release notes provide information concerning known and resolved issues that may affect developers creating Java applications for Mac OS X with Java for Mac OS X v10.5 Update 2.
Java for Mac OS X v10.5 Update 2 supports all Intel-based and PowerPC-based Macs for J2SE 5.0 and J2SE 1.4.2. Java SE 6 support is available on 64-bit, Intel-based Macs only. This release is only for Mac OS X v10.5.4 and later, and should not be installed on earlier versions of Mac OS X. It updates J2SE 1.4.2 to 1.4.2_18, J2SE 5.0 to version 1.5.0_16, and Java SE 6 to version 1.6.0_07.
Any developer who wants to develop Java applications on Mac OS X v10.5 should read this document as various issues and fixes found in this release may affect your application.
In addition, this document contains details regarding the following updates to J2SE 5.0:
New API in com.apple.eawt.Application:
Get and set the Application Dock icon
Set a badge label on the Dock icon
Set the Dock menu
Open the native system help viewer if your application has a help bundle
New API in com.apple.eio.FileManager:
getPathToApplicationBundle() obtains the path to the currently running Java application package
New UI-specific functionality:
The system focus ring color can now be obtained using: UIManager.getColor(“Focus.color”);
Aqua-style title-less group borders can now be obtained using: UIManager.getBorder(“InsetBorder.aquaVariant”);
The apple.awt.UIElement system property can be set to allow Java applications to launch without a Dock icon
This document contains the following chapter:
“Known and Resolved Issues” highlights a selection of high-visibility bugs that have been addressed in this release. This chapter is broken down by the category where the bug occurs and provides a brief description of what the issue was and how it was resolved.
This document also contains a revision history.
Last updated: 2008-09-24
Mac OS X Reference Library Cross Platform: Java Java for Mac OS X v10.5 Update 2 Release Notes