Presentation: "Java 7 and 8: Where We've Been, Where We're Going"
Time: Wednesday 10:35 - 11:35
Location: Olympic
Oracle recently shipped JDK 7, the first major release of Java SE in nearly five years, and now we're working on JDK 8. One of the main features of JDK 8 is Lambda, a new language feature to support closures.
Oracle is also planning enhancements to the library APIs to take advantage of the Lambda feature, supporting a more functional style of Java programming and offering increased parallelism in a convenient and concise fashion. This talk will review JDK 7, describe the JDK 8 roadmap, and sketch the current state of bulk data operations on collections