It's looking like Java 1.5 (likely to be released next year) is going to have some major changes and improvements - mostly stuff that make c++ advocates say "oh, finally. Now call me when you have multiple inheritance.":

• generics
• typesafe enumerations
• autoboxing (automatic primitive to object wrapper conversion)
• enhanced for (looping over collections easily)
• static import

Currently listening to: Kyuss - II - 100 Degrees - Space Cadet.