Java 8 new Features
JAVA 8 is a major release of JAVA programming language development. Its initial version was released on 18 March 2014. With the Java 8 release, Java provided support for functional programming, new JavaScript engine, new APIs for date time manipulation, new streaming API, etc.
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Adds functional processing capability to Java. |
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Referencing functions by their names instead of invoking them directly. Using functions as parameter. |
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Interface to have default method implementation. |
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New tools |
New compiler tools and utilities are added like ‘jdeps’ to figure out dependencies. |
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New stream API to facilitate pipeline processing. |
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Improved date time API. |
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Emphasis on best practices to handle null values properly. |
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A Java-based engine to execute JavaScript code |
NOTE:- Along with these new featuers, lots of feature enhancements are done under-the-hood, at both compiler and JVM level.
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