# Java-client 3.0.0 released **URL:** \ **Category:** News\ **Created:** [June 20, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/java-client-3-0-0-released/4845 "2015-06-20T00:25:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jonahss](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/jonahss/32/5340_2.png) [@jonahss](https://discuss.appium.io/u/jonahss)\ **Post date:** [June 20, 2015, 12:25am UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/java-client-3-0-0-released/4845/1 "2015-06-20T00:25:25Z")
The main difference is that now AppiumDriver is a Generic, so it can be set to return elements of class MobileElement or IOSElement or AndroidElement without casting. Yay See details here: [https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/182](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/182) And check out the tests in the repository on github _3.0.0_ - AppiumDriver class is now a Generic. This allows us to return elements of class MobileElement (and its subclasses) instead of always returning WebElements and requiring users to cast to MobileElement. See [https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/182](https://github.com/appium/java-client/pull/182) - Full set of Android KeyEvents added. - Selenium client version updated to 2.46 - PageObject enhancements - Junit dependency removed ---
**Author:** ![VikramVI](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/vikramvi/32/116_2.png) [@VikramVI](https://discuss.appium.io/u/VikramVI)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 4:53pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/java-client-3-0-0-released/4845/2 "2015-06-22T16:53:54Z")
This topic needs to be pinned globally. All the new releases needs to be pinned globally otherwise this gets lost within heap of new topics 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![jonahss](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/jonahss/32/5340_2.png) [@jonahss](https://discuss.appium.io/u/jonahss)\ **Post date:** [June 22, 2015, 8:20pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/java-client-3-0-0-released/4845/3 "2015-06-22T20:20:58Z")
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**Author:** ![jonahss](https://discuss.appium.io/user_avatar/discuss.appium.io/jonahss/32/5340_2.png) [@jonahss](https://discuss.appium.io/u/jonahss)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://discuss.appium.io/t/java-client-3-0-0-released/4845/4 "2015-07-06T21:57:46Z")