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Which Java versions introduced which language features?

Basel Shishani Published at Dev
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Basel Shishani

Is there any comprehensive resource on the versions that the different language features were introduced in for Java? For example where I can type or search for 'static initialization blocks', and it can tell me that this feature is available in Java since version xx.

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Below highlights a (non-comprehensive) list of changes between Java versions. Please add major changes to the language and platform.

Java 1.0 Press Release

  • Introductory version.

Java 1.1 Press Release

  • Nested classes
  • Object serialization
  • JavaBeans API
  • JDBC
  • Serialization & RMI
  • Unicode 2.0 support

Java 1.2 Press Release

  • strictfp
  • Java Security Model
  • JIT Compilation
  • Swing
  • Collections Framework

Java 1.3 Press Release

  • HotSpot VM
  • JNDI

Java 1.4 Press Release

  • assert statement
  • java.util.logging

Java 5 Press Release

  • Primitive autoboxing
  • Generic types
  • enum
  • Annotations
  • Enhanced for loop
  • Static imports
  • Formatted input and output
  • varargs

Java 6 Features and Enhancements

  • New collection interfaces

JDK 7 Features

  • try-with-resources
  • Multiple exception-type catch
  • diamond "operator"
  • switch on strings
  • Binary literals
  • Underscores in integral literals
  • Fork-Join Framework

JDK 8 Features

  • Lambda expressions
  • default & static methods on interfaces
  • Stream API
  • java.time API
  • Nashorn JavaScript engine

Also, to have a more detailed analysis of Java language changes with each version, one can go through Java_Version_History Wikipedia

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