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BEA JRockit 5.0 JDK Compatibility Statement

BEA JRockit JDK is certified to be compatible with J2SE 5.0. Continued compatibility with the Java JDK (and other listed products) is assured as defined in this document.

Major JDK Version Updates (for example, from 1.4 to 5.0):

- BEA JRockit can introduce new and/or deprecate old standard APIs
- Elements of non-standard APIs (for example, -X and -XX options) can change; that is:
  - BEA JRockit can add and/or remove options
  - Functionality of existing options may change

- New features introduced in BEA JRockit might cause internal VM functionality to change

Minor JDK Version Updates (for example, 1.4.1 to 1.4.2):

- Standard APIs will not change
- Elements of non-standard APIs—for example, -X and -XX options—cannot be removed; that is, BEA JRockit can add, but not remove, options
- Functionality of existing options may change
- New features introduced in BEA JRockit might cause internal VM functionality to change

Maintenance Updates (for example, from 1.4.2_04 to 1.4.2_05):

- Standard APIs will not change
- Elements of non-standard APIs (for example, -X and -XX options) will not change; that is, BEA JRockit cannot add or remove options
- Internal VM functionality may be changed only to accommodate bug fixes but not new features