• Authoring Custom Attributes

• User-Defined Enumeration Types (J#)

• User-Defined Value Types

• Definition of Methods That Take Arguments By Reference

• The ability to consume generic types and methods in the J# language. For more information, see Generics in J#.

• Support for the Java-language strictfp keyword.

• Support for the #line hidden directive. The #line hidden directive hides the successive lines from the debugger.

• New compiler switches to support advanced assembly signing. For more information, see /delaysign (Delay the Cryptographic Key Signing), /keycontainer (Specify Cryptographic Key Container), and /keyfile (Specify Cryptographic Key Filename).

• Visual J++ Compiler Options Mapped to Visual J# Compiler Options

• The compiler now provides support for Common Language Specification Compliance Checking.

• The compiler contains new diagnostic error messages for bean-style properties, custom attributes, generics, assemblies, and CLS-compliancy.

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