Oracle Announces Availability of Java SE 7

Oracle today announced the availability of Java Platform, Standard Edition 7 (www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/index-jsp-138218.html) (Java SE 7), the first release of the Java platform under Oracle stewardship.

The Java SE 7 release is the result of industry-wide development involving open review, weekly builds and extensive collaboration between Oracle engineers and members of the worldwide Java ecosystem via the OpenJDK Community (openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk7) and the Java Community Process (JCP) (www.jcp.org/) .

Java SE 7 delivers:

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 (netbeans.org/community/releases/70/) , 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 (www.oracle.com/technetwork/developer-tools/jdev/overview/index.html) support for JDK 7 is intended for a release later this year.

“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. “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.”