JAVA 8 HAS RELEASED NOW

 " Experts says, it will give new dimension to Java "

This post is to inform you that Java 8 has been officially released by Oracle.
you can download its official release from oracle official website .


Some highlighted Java8 new features include

• Lambda expressions, Lambda Expressions, a new language feature, has been introduced in this release. They enable you to treat functionality as a method argument, or code as data. Lambda expressions let you express instances of single-method interfaces (referred to as functional interfaces) more compactly.

• Other significant enhancements and changes to the Java language and standard libraries have been added, including default methods, the new java.util.stream package, and the Date-Time API.

• Compact Profiles contain predefined subsets of the Java SE platform and enable applications that do not require the entire Platform to be deployed and run on small devices.

• Security enhancements include updates to the Java Cryptography Architecture; limited doPrivileged, a mechanism that enables code to assert a subset of its privileges; SSL/TLS Server Name Indication (SNI) Extension; and keystore enhancements.

• JavaFX documentation has been updated for this release.

• A new JavaScript engine, Nashorn, is included in JDK 8.

• Java Mission Control 5.3 is included in JDK 8.