This release adds Java 1.6 support, adds support for additional native data types (signed char, boolean, signed short, and float), adds more type-save interface functions to the... programmer interface, and deletes the link between libmsgque and MqBufferS and MqBufferLS. External transaction pointers are no longer required. This release has an embedded list data type, an update of the documentation, a Java tutorial and Java examples, and an updated performance overview