java API (SE) version confusion

[Arnold]

I'm really confused by all the different versions java.
I recently downloaded the latest version (update 20). The foldername is jdk1.6.0_20.
Since it is version 6 I use the following API:
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/docs/api/

However when I Google java api it always gives me version 5 as the first result:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/

So version 5 seems more up to date (it has the Oracle logo). Also I see 2 copyright dates in the footer:

Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. Also see the documentation redistribution policy.


Copyright 2010, Oracle Corporation and/or its affiliates

So which API should I use now? How can a lower version be more up to date? I really don't get it anymore... :confused:

[JosAH]

I'm really confused by all the different versions java.
I recently downloaded the latest version (update 20). The foldername is jdk1.6.0_20.
Since it is version 6 I use the following API:
Java Platform SE 6

However when I Google java api it always gives me version 5 as the first result:
Java 2 Platform SE 5.0

So version 5 seems more up to date (it has the Oracle logo). Also I see 2 copyright dates in the footer:


So which API should I use now? How can a lower version be more up to date? I really don't get it anymore... :confused:

Google for the 1.6 version, it's the latest; about those 2010 blah blah lines: Oracle bought Sun recently and they want to have their name shown all over the place; nothing important. Java 1.6 is the latest version. Here are the API docs.

kind regards,

Jos

[Arnold]

Still makes me wonder why Oracle didn't show their name on the newest API yet...

[JosAH]

Still makes me wonder why Oracle didn't show their name on the newest API yet...

Maybe they haven't got that far yet and think of it: almost nobody reads that documentation (hence all these forums) so why put your name on it? ;-)

kind regards,

Jos