- 126 - Lambda Expressions & Virtual Extension Methods
- 138 - Autoconf-Based Build System
- 160 - Lambda-Form Representation for Method Handles
- 161 - Compact Profiles
- 162 - Prepare for Modularization
- 164 - Leverage CPU Instructions for AES Cryptography
- 174 - Nashorn JavaScript Engine
- 176 - Mechanical Checking of Caller-Sensitive Methods
- 179 - Document JDK API Support and Stability
- 142 - Reduce Cache Contention on Specified Fields
- 122 - Remove the Permanent Generation
- 173 - Retire Some Rarely-Used GC Combinations
- 136 - Enhanced Verification Errors
- 147 - Reduce Class Metadata Footprint
- 148 - Small VM
- 171 - Fence Intrinsics
- 153 - Launch JavaFX Applications
- 101 - Generalized Target-Type Inference
- 104 - Annotations on Java Types
- 105 - DocTree API
- 106 - Add Javadoc to javax.tools
- 117 - Remove the Annotation-Processing Tool (apt)
- 118 - Access to Parameter Names at Runtime
- 120 - Repeating Annotations
- 139 - Enhance javac to Improve Build Speed
- 172 - DocLint
- 103 - Parallel Array Sorting
- 107 - Bulk Data Operations for Collections
- 109 - Enhance Core Libraries with Lambda
- 112 - Charset Implementation Improvements
- 119 - javax.lang.model Implementation Backed by Core Reflection
- 135 - Base64 Encoding & Decoding
- 149 - Reduce Core-Library Memory Usage
- 150 - Date & Time API
- 155 - Concurrency Updates
- 170 - JDBC 4.2
- 177 - Optimize java.text.DecimalFormat.format
- 178 - Statically-Linked JNI Libraries
- 180 - Handle Frequent HashMap Collisions with Balanced Trees
- 127 - Improve Locale Data Packaging and Adopt Unicode CLDR Data
- 128 - BCP 47 Locale Matching
- 133 - Unicode 6.2
- 184 - HTTP URL Permissions
- 113 - MS-SFU Kerberos 5 Extensions
- 114 - TLS Server Name Indication (SNI) Extension
- 115 - AEAD CipherSuites
- 121 - Stronger Algorithms for Password-Based Encryption
- 123 - Configurable Secure Random-Number Generation
- 124 - Enhance the Certificate Revocation-Checking API
- 129 - NSA Suite B Cryptographic Algorithms
- 130 - SHA-224 Message Digests
- 131 - PKCS#11 Crypto Provider for 64-bit Windows
- 140 - Limited doPrivileged
- 166 - Overhaul JKS-JCEKS-PKCS12 Keystores
- 185 - Restrict Fetching of External XML Resources
- new methods from APIs
- Stream API
- Project Lambda:
- lambda expression to create anonymous method
- lambda access scope (enclosing scope)
- lambda expression to call constructors through method reference
- Annotation improvements:
- Annotations on Java Types
- Repeating annotations
- Method parameter reflection
Lambda expression consiste of:
- A comma-separated list of formal parameters enclosed in parentheses: (paramX, paramY) or singleParam or ()
- An arrow token:
-> - A body, which consists of a single expression or a statement block: {} or a single expression without ;
E.g.:
(x, y) -> return x + y(x, y) -> { System.out.println(x); System.out.println(y); }name -> System.out.println(name)
For further information read the Java Tutorial at section about [Lambda Expressions] (http://docs.oracle.com/javase/tutorial/java/javaOO/lambdaexpressions.html).