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Java 7 Feature

The document lists the top new features in Java 7 and Java 8. For Java 7, the top features included allowing strings in switch statements, catching multiple exceptions in one block, automatic resource management, the fork/join framework, and type inference with the diamond operator. For Java 8, the top features were lambda expressions, parallel operations, integrating JavaScript via Nashorn, improved date/time APIs, and concurrent accumulators.

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Java 7 Feature

The document lists the top new features in Java 7 and Java 8. For Java 7, the top features included allowing strings in switch statements, catching multiple exceptions in one block, automatic resource management, the fork/join framework, and type inference with the diamond operator. For Java 8, the top features were lambda expressions, parallel operations, integrating JavaScript via Nashorn, improved date/time APIs, and concurrent accumulators.

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Top 5 new features in Java 7

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Allow using String in Switch case


Multiple Exception in one catch block
Automatic resource management or ARM blocks
Fork Join framework in Java 7
Diamond operator <> for type inference

Top 5 new features in Java 8


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Lambda Expressions
Parallel Operations
Java + JavaScript =
New Date / Time APIs
Concurrent Accumulators

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Lambda expression Adds functional processing capability to Java.

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Method references Referencing functions by their names instead of invoking


them directly. Using functions as parameter.

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Default method Interface to have default method implementation.

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New tools New compiler tools and utilities are added like jdeps to figure out
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Stream API New stream API to facilitate pipeline processing.

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Date Time API Improved date time API.

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Optional Emphasis on best practices to handle null values properly.

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Nashorn, JavaScript Engine A Java-based engine to execute JavaScript code.

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