Java SE 7 Features and Enhancements

Java Platform, Standard Edition 7 is a major feature release. This document includes information on features and enhancements in Java SE 7 and in JDK 7, Oracle's implementation of Java SE 7. 

Contents

• Highlights of Technology Changes in Java SE 7
• Important RFEs Addressed in Java SE 7
• Important RFEs Addressed in JDK 7
• Known Issues

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Highlights of Technology Changes in Java SE 7

The following list contains links to the the enhancements pages in the Java SE 7 guides documentation. Choose a technology for further information.

• Swing
• IO and New IO
• Networking
• Security
• Concurrency Utilities
• Rich Internet Applications (RIA)/Deployment
  • Requesting and Customizing Applet Decoration in Dragg able Applets
  • Embedding JNLP File in Applet Tag
  • Deploying without Codebase
  • Handling Applet Initialization Status with Event Handlers
• Java 2D
• Java XML - JAXP, JAXB, and JAX-WS
• Internationalization
• java.lang Package
  • Multithreaded Custom Class Loaders in Java SE 7
• Java Programming Language
  • Binary Literals
  • Strings in switch Statements
  • The try-with-resources Statement
  • Catching Multiple Exception Types and Rethrowing Exceptions with Improved Type Checking
  • Underscores in Numeric Literals
  • Type Inference for Generic Instance Creation
  • Improved Compiler Warnings and Errors When Using Non-Reifiable Formal Parameters with Varargs Methods
• Java Virtual Machine (JVM)
  • Java Virtual Machine Support for Non-Java Languages
  • Garbage-First Collector
  • Java HotSpot Virtual Machine Performance Enhancements
• JDBC