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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  Used in documentation comments for unambiguously marking classes, methods, and fields that have been superseded by new API.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.

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