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Java 4
Java 2 era (J2SE 1.4): mature pre-Java-5 baseline; tooling/libraries evolve.
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All About Java 4
Java 4 • 2002
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All About Java 4
Java 2 era (J2SE 1.4): mature pre-Java-5 baseline; tooling/libraries evolve.
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Java 4 (2002)
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