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Media support, especially when it comes to video, has always been a huge weak spot for Java on the desktop. But finally, Sun is going to do something about that. Java Media Components, or JMC, is scheduled to ship with Java 7.

One of the key components of JMC is that it will support embedding native media players inside your desktop applications. How? By taking advantage of new support in Java 7 for mixing heavyweight and lightweight widgets in Swing. The Java developer will be able to provide custom controls and custom skins for the player widgets, so that, from the end user standpoint, the media player will appear to be an integrated part of the application. Using the native player approach has at least two big advantages over a pure Java implementation.

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Whenever i write code for database connection , i use to wonder why i have to load a jdbc driver with Class.forName(<jdbcDriverName>). why shouldn the api do this for us , coz its the common thing everyone does.

Finally JDBC 4.0 helped…

if JDBC 4.0 is used , we need not load the JDBC driver , since the api does this for us , provided the driver is in classpath.

and some more explanation about the new features of JDBC 4.0 is available here

i havent tried this api yet and so i have some queries ,

like ….

what if there are two or more jdbc drives in the classpath , which one will be loaded … and so on

will update more about this api , once i finish my experiments ….

I didnt even have a peek view on JavaEE 5Â and the guys in Sun Microsystems has raised a JSR in JCP for JavaEE 6.

want to know more about JavaEE6 click here