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Java History and Features 1995 To 2025

Java, developed by James Gosling and released in 1995, has undergone significant evolution, with major updates introducing features such as Generics, Lambda Expressions, and the Java Platform Module System. Key versions include Java 8 (2014) with major functional programming enhancements, Java 11 (2018) as a long-term support release, and Java 21 (2023) which introduces Virtual Threads and Record Patterns. The document outlines the history and features of Java from its inception to expected advancements in 2025.

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Java History and Features 1995 To 2025

Java, developed by James Gosling and released in 1995, has undergone significant evolution, with major updates introducing features such as Generics, Lambda Expressions, and the Java Platform Module System. Key versions include Java 8 (2014) with major functional programming enhancements, Java 11 (2018) as a long-term support release, and Java 21 (2023) which introduces Virtual Threads and Record Patterns. The document outlines the history and features of Java from its inception to expected advancements in 2025.

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Java Version History and Features (1995 - 2025)

Java History and Developer

Java was developed by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems and released in 1995. It was initially named Oak

but was later renamed to Java after Java coffee. The goal was to create a platform-independent,

object-oriented programming language. In 2010, Oracle Corporation acquired Sun Microsystems and took

over Java development.

Java 1.0 (1996)

Initial version with core libraries like java.lang, java.io, java.util, AWT for GUI.

Java 1.1 (1997)

Introduced JDBC, Inner Classes, JavaBeans, RMI, and the event delegation model.

Java 1.2 (1998)

Major update (Java 2). Added Swing, Collections Framework, JIT Compiler, Java Plug-in.

Java 1.3 (2000)

HotSpot JVM integration, Java Sound, RMI over IIOP, minor enhancements.

Java 1.4 (2002)

Introduced assert keyword, NIO, Logging API, XML parsing via JAXP, and chained exceptions.

Java 5 (2004)

Big upgrade: Generics, Metadata (Annotations), Enumerated types, Autoboxing, Enhanced for-loop, Varargs.

Java 6 (2006)

Improved Web Services (JAX-WS), Compiler API, improvements in scripting via JavaScript engine (Rhino).
Java Version History and Features (1995 - 2025)

Java 7 (2011)

try-with-resources, Diamond operator, multi-catch, switch on String, NIO.2 (Path, Files).

Java 8 (2014)

Major update: Lambda Expressions, Streams API, Functional interfaces, java.time API, default methods.

Java 9 (2017)

JPMS (Java Platform Module System), JShell (REPL), improved Javadoc, Stream API improvements.

Java 10 (2018)

Local variable type inference using 'var', application class-data sharing.

Java 11 (2018)

LTS version. New HTTP Client API, removal of Java EE & FX, Local-variable syntax for lambda.

Java 12 (2019)

Switch Expressions (preview), Shenandoah GC, JVM constants API.

Java 13 (2019)

Text blocks (preview), Dynamic CDS archives.

Java 14 (2020)

Records (preview), Pattern Matching for instanceof (preview), NVM enhancements.

Java 15 (2020)

Text Blocks (standard), Sealed Classes (preview), Hidden Classes, Foreign memory access API (incubator).
Java Version History and Features (1995 - 2025)

Java 16 (2021)

Records and Pattern Matching become standard, JEP 376: ZGC improvements.

Java 17 (2021)

LTS release. Sealed classes (final), new macOS rendering pipeline, enhanced pseudorandom number

generators.

Java 18 (2022)

Simple Web Server, UTF-8 by default, code snippets in Javadoc.

Java 19 (2022)

Virtual Threads (preview), Structured Concurrency, Foreign Function & Memory API (preview).

Java 20 (2023)

Record Patterns and Pattern Matching for switch (preview), Virtual Threads (2nd preview).

Java 21 (2023)

LTS release. Virtual Threads, Record Patterns (final), String Templates (preview), Sequenced Collections.

Java 22 (2024)

String Templates (2nd preview), Scoped Values, more FFM and Pattern Matching enhancements.

Java 23 (Expected 2025)

Expected: Finalization of String Templates, continued improvements in memory model, JVM performance,

FFM API.

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