Evolution of Java

Java 1.0 , java 1.1 basic features like libraries.

Java2 or j2se standard edition

• Swings
• Collections
• Framework

J2se 1.3, j2se 1.4

• Assert keyword
• Networks

J2se5- 1.5 developer version, 5 is product version

• Generics
• Static for packages
• Enums
• Auto-boxing and auto-unboxing
• For each loop

Java SE6

• New API packages

Java SE 7 – project icon

• String in switch
• Binary literals
• Underscore in literals
• Multi-catch

Java SE 8

• Lambda expressions- anonymous classes
• Java.util.stream – support pipeline operations for LE.
• Java.util.function – provides functional interfaces for LE.
• Default for interfaces
• GUI applications