====== Java SE 6 ======
2006. 12. 11. Released.

==== Summary ====
  * Support for older Win9x versions dropped; unofficially, Java 6 Update 7 was the last release of Java shown to work on these versions of Windows. This is believed to be due to the major changes in Update 10.
  * Scripting Language Support ([[JSR 223]]): Generic API for tight integration with scripting languages, and built-in Mozilla JavaScript Rhino integration.
  * Dramatic performance improvements for the core platform, and Swing.
  * Improved Web Service support through JAX-WS ([[JSR 224]]).
  * JDBC 4.0 지원 ([[JSR 221]]).
  * Java Compiler API ([[JSR 199]]): an API allowing a Java program to select and invoke a Java Compiler programmatically.
  * Upgrade of JAXB to version 2.0: Including integration of a StAX parser.
  * Support for pluggable annotations ([[JSR 269]]).
  * Many GUI improvements, such as integration of SwingWorker in the API, table sorting and filtering, and true Swing double-buffering (eliminating the gray-area effect).
  * JVM improvements include: synchronization and compiler performance optimizations, new algorithms and upgrades to existing garbage collection algorithms, and application start-up performance.