#summary Planned Development for 1.5

= GWT Version 1.5 Development Plan =

_M2_ indicates fixes and enhancements to be completed in the second milestone release.
_RC_ indicates fixes and enhancements to be completed in the release candidate.

=== Compiler ===
    * Java 1.5 Language Support ([http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=168 #168])
    * Method inlining across Java and Javascript methods ([http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=1111 #1111], [http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=1787 #1787])
    * String interning ([http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=1739 #1739])
    * Unused parameter removal and Redundant clinit suppression ([http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=1779 #1779])
    * Removal of empty switch cases ([http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=1177 #1177])

=== JRE Emulation ===
    * Update JRE emulation classes for Java 1.5 language constructs
    * Update JRE emulation classes to implement java.io.Serializable for use with RPC ([http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=1139 #1139])
    * (_M2_) `LinkedList`, `TreeMap`, `EnumMap`, `EnumSet` ([http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=297 #297])
    * (_M2_) Add missing `String`/`Character` methods ([http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=490 #490], [http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=986 #986], [http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=1066 #1066], [http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=1729 #1729])
    * (_RC_) `LinkedHashMap`, `LinkedHashSet` ([http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=1489 #1489])

=== Widgets/Libraries ===
    * Update UI libraries for Java 1.5 language constructs
    * Update RPC and TypeOracle for Java 1.5 language constructs
    * Add support for ARIA accessibility attributes ([http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=289 #289])
    * (_M2_) Add support for right-to-left layout and text direction ([http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=1401 #1401])
    * (_M2_) Optimizations to Widget library event sinking ([http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=908 #908], [http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=1491 #1491])
    * (_M2_) Add convenience methods to JavaScriptObject, Element, and Event (dependent upon 1.5 compiler optimizations to be affordable)
    * (_RC_) Add context menu events ([http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=24 #24])

=== Fixes and More ===
    * (_M2_, partially done) Officially support strict/standard HTML doctype (various issues labeled [http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/list?q=label:Category-DocType DocType])
    * (_M2_) Replace the KitchenSink with a much prettier Showcase application, and add at least one good looking default style
    * (_RC_, partially done) All other issues labeled [http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/list?q=label:Milestone-1_5_RC Milestone:1_5_RC]