Better exception handling in Java 7 : Multicatch and final rethrow
I’m happy to announce that an other improvement from the Project Coin has be marked for inclusion in Java 7 : Improved Exception Handling for Java, from Neal Gafter. This has been announced by Joe...
View ArticleJava 7 : Oracle pushes a first version of closures
2 days ago, Oracle pushed a first version of the closures implementation. We can see the evolving syntax in the test cases they made for the Java compiler. You can see these test cases here. This...
View ArticleJava 7 : Add “public defender methods” to Java interfaces
At this time, we aren’t sure that the closures will be included in the Java 7 release. But these doubts have generated a new project : The “public defender methods” proposal. This new proposal for Java...
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Java 7 : Translucency and shaped windows
Java 7 introduces very interesting features for desktop windows : Transclucency for windows : Make a full window translucent with a specified alpha level Per pixel translucency : Make a part of the...
View ArticleState of the Lambda
Brian Goetz, from Oracle, has posted an updated proposal for the lambda expressions : State of the Lambda Here are some examples of closures taken from the proposal : We can use lambda expressions to...
View ArticleJava 7 : The new try-with-resources statement
From the build 105, the compiler and runtime of Java 7 Releases have support for the new form of try : try-with-resources, also called ARM (Automatic Resource Management) blocks. This new statement...
View ArticleJava File Copy Benchmark Updates (once again)
I’ve made another updates to my file copy benchmark. First of all, I used my little utility class to automatically create the graphs. The graph are a little less clean, but I spare a lot of time not...
View ArticleJava 7 Delays and Plan B
Mark Reinhold has posted a message about the planning of Java 7. In this message, he explains that the current schedule of the JDK 7 is completely unrealistic. This delay is due to the add of new...
View ArticleJDK 7 Features updated ! Plan B has apparently been approved
I was presenting the Plan B of JDK 7 the last week and apparently, this plan has been approved. The JDK 7 Features page has been updated on the site of Oracle. So here are the (definitive ?) list of...
View ArticleJava 7 has been released!
Five years after Java 6, Oracle has just released Java 7! This is the first release of Java since Oracle bought Sun Microsystems. This new version of Java introduces a lot of new features, but some of...
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