FAQ Contents
- Q: Why are Ansir's solutions targeted at J2SE 5.0+?
- Q: Can I run the demonstrations without J2SE 5.0?
- Q: Can I display the Chinese and Japanese languages in the demos?
Q: Why are Ansir's solutions targeted at J2SE 5.0+? [top]
A: Our mission is to provide the highest quality solutions for our customers. We choose to focus on current and future Java releases. A programming language is not a guarantee that a product is of high quality, however, the J2SE 5.0 Tiger release helps developers write better and more readable code. Since Tiger Java developers have been able to use generics which mean several categories of errors are discovered compile time. Here is what a senior engineer at Sun Microsystems has to say:
The new language features all have one thing in common: they take some common idiom and provide linguistic support for it. In other words, they shift the responsibility for writing the boilerplate code from the programmer to the compiler. Because the source code is now free of this boilerplate, it's easier to write and read. Because the compiler, unlike the programmer, never makes mistakes, the resulting code is also more likely to be free of bugs.
And the whole will be greater than the sum of its parts. All of the new features were designed with each other in mind. They interact harmoniously to provide a marked improvement in the expressiveness and safety of the language. - Joshua Bloch
Q: Can I run the demonstrations without J2SE 5.0? [top]
A: If there is a version of the J2SE 5.0 for your operating system, then your existing Java Web Start should be able to locate and install the correct version for you.
Java Web Start looks for this product when you launch the demonstrations:
<j2se href="http://java.sun.com/products/autodl/j2se"
version="1.5+"/>
If a matching version is not found on your system the Java Web Start will try to find and cache the matching version automatically.
Q: Can I display the Chinese and Japanese languages in the demos? [top]
A: Yes. On Windows go to the language options (Control Panel > Regional and Language Options). Next, on the languages tab be sure to have the "Install files for East Asian languages" checked. On Mac OS X 10.4 and Linux please check with your IT support or system administrator.