Oracle unveils Java SE 7 for Java developers

NEW DELHI, INDIA: Oracle has announced the availability of Java Platform, Standard Edition 7 (Java SE 7), the first release of the Java platform under Oracle stewardship.

The Java SE 7 release is the result of extensive collaboration between Oracle engineers and members of the worldwide Java ecosystem via the OpenJDK Community and the Java Community Process (JCP), said a company release.

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"We’re very excited about Java SE 7; this is a great release with strong technology updates. I'm pleased that the Java community has come together in favor of technical progress and that we have a clear path forward for Java SE 8,” said Hasan Rizvi, senior vice president Oracle Fusion Middleware and Java Products.

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He added, "Oracle has a strong vested interest in the success of the Java platform and is firmly committed to delivering a consistent, high-performance, high-quality Java SE implementation and will be supporting the Java SE 7 release across the Oracle Fusion Middleware product portfolio."

Next: What Java SE 7 delivers....

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According to the release, Java SE 7 delivers:

* Language changes to help increase developer productivity and simplify common programming tasks by reducing the amount of code needed, clarifying syntax and making code easier to read.

* A new multicore-ready API that enables developers to more easily decompose problems into tasks that can then be executed in parallel across arbitrary numbers of processor cores.

* A comprehensive I/O interface for working with file systems that can access a wider array of file attributes and offer more information when errors occur.

* New networking and security features

* Expanded support for internationalization, including Unicode 6.0 support

* Updated versions of numerous libraries

Strong backward compatibility of Java SE 7 with previous versions of the platform preserves the skill sets of current Java software developers and protects Java technology investments.

Developers interested in getting started immediately with the Java SE 7 release can leverage the NetBeans Integrated Development Environment (IDE) 7.0, Eclipse Indigo with the additional Java SE 7 plug-in or IntelliJ IDEA 10.5, which support the latest features of the Java SE 7 platform.

Oracle JDeveloper support for JDK 7 is intended for a release later this year.