Java 7 is now available

#1

Post by Mitt » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 3:08 PM UTC

Re: Java 7 is now available

#2

Post by johnnyo » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 3:29 PM UTC

I'm glad to see it's finally available.

I'm especially happy to see some of the language syntax that makes your standard try/catch/finally blocks a little cleaner and less error prone.

Re: Java 7 is now available

#3

Post by _mayo » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 3:32 PM UTC

Does anyone have a link to the changelog?

Re: Java 7 is now available

#4

Post by huherto » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 3:32 PM UTC

johnnyo wrote: post #2

I'm glad to see it's finally available. I'm especially happy to see some of the language syntax that makes your standard try/catch/finally blocks a little cleaner and less error prone.

I don't see a "What's new in Java 7" in the above link. Where can a read about it? thanks

Re: Java 7 is now available

#5

Post by SlyShy » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 3:32 PM UTC

_mayo wrote: post #3

Does anyone have a link to the changelog?

Here: http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/features/

Re: Java 7 is now available

#6

Post by EgeBamyasi » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 3:36 PM UTC

SlyShy wrote: post #5

_mayo wrote: post #3

Does anyone have a link to the changelog?

Here: http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7/features/

That image confuses me..

Edid: You change the link didnt you? Im talking about the image from here: http://blogs.oracle.com/theplanetarium/entry/summarizing_jav...

Re: Java 7 is now available

#7

Post by dstywho » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 3:37 PM UTC

closures yet?

Re: Java 7 is now available

#8

Post by Mitt » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 3:37 PM UTC

huherto wrote: post #4

johnnyo wrote: post #2

I'm glad to see it's finally available. I'm especially happy to see some of the language syntax that makes your standard try/catch/finally blocks a little cleaner and less error prone.

I don't see a "What's new in Java 7" in the above link. Where can a read about it? thanks

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/jdk7-relnotes-...

Re: Java 7 is now available

#9

Post by bromagosa » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 3:38 PM UTC

«JSR TBD: Project Lambda Lambda expressions (informally, "closures") and defender methods for the Java programming language»

Welcome to the sixties, Java!

Sorry, I couldn't help it >:D

Re: Java 7 is now available

#10

Post by clobber » Thu, Jul 28, 2011, 3:40 PM UTC

Excellent. Looking forward to the memory enhancements that should help make Minecraft servers less of a hog :)