JSR 292: Support for dynamically-typed languages(InvokeDynamic)

Extensions to the JVM, the Java language, andthe Java SE API to support the implementation ofdynamically-typed languages at performance levels near to that ofthe Java language itself

Spec:JSR 292;java.lang.invoke

Links:project page;wiki page;mailinglist

Milestone target: M3

Strict class-file checking

As specified inJSR 202, which waspart ofJavaSE 6, and in the recently-approvedmaintenance revision ofJSR 924, class filesof version 51 (SE 7) or later must be verified with thetypechecking verifier; the VM must not fail over to the oldinferencing verifier.

Spec:JSR 202§4.11.1

Milestone target: M9

JSR 334: Small language enhancements (ProjectCoin)

A set of small language changes intended tosimplify common, day-to-day programming tasks: Strings in switchstatements, try-with-resources statements, improved type inferencefor generic instance creation ("diamond"), simplified varargsmethod invocation, better integral literals, and improved exceptionhandling (multi-catch)

Spec:JSR 334

Links:project page;mailinglist

Milestone target: M11

Upgrade class-loader architecture

Modifications to the ClassLoader API andimplementation to avoid deadlocks in non-hierarchical class-loadertopologies

Spec:java.lang.ClassLoader:registerAsParallelCapable,getClassLoadingLock

Links:summary

Milestone target: M3

Method to close a URLClassLoader

A method that frees the underlying resources,such as open files, held by a URLClassLoader

Spec:java.net.URLClassLoader.close

Links:summary

Milestone target: M2

Concurrency and collections updates(jsr166y)

A lightweight fork/join framework, flexibleand reusable synchronization barriers, transfer queues, concurrentlinked double-ended queues, and thread-local pseudo-random numbergenerators

Spec:java.util.concurrent:ForkJoinPool,Phaser,TransferQueue,ConcurrentLinkedDeque,ThreadLocalRandom

Links:overview;draftapi;wiki

Milestone target: M5

Unicode 6.0

Upgrade the supported version of Unicode to6.0

Spec:Unicode 6.0;java.lang.Character

Milestone target: M11

Locale enhancement

Upgrade thejava.util.Localeclass to supportIETF BCP 47 (Tags forIdentifying Languages) andUTR 35 (Local Data MarkupLanguage)

Spec:IETF BCP 47 :java.util.Locale:forLanguageTag,toLanguageTag;UTR 35 : java.util.Locale:getUnicodeLocaleAttributes,getUnicodeLocaleType,getUnicodeLocaleKeys

Links:overview

Milestone target: M11

Separate user locale and user-interfacelocale

Upgrade the handling of locales to separateformatting locales from user-interface language locales

Spec:java.util.Locale:getDefault,setDefault;Locale.Category

Milestone target: M11

JSR 203: More new I/O APIs for the Java platform(NIO.2)

New APIs for filesystem access, scalableasynchronous I/O operations, socket-channel binding andconfiguration, and multicast datagrams

Spec:JSR 203

Links:project page;interview;talkvideo;java.net article

Milestone target: M2

NIO.2 filesystem provider for zip/jararchives

A fully-functional and supported NIO.2filesystem provider for zip and jar files

Milestone target: M11

SCTP (Stream Control TransmissionProtocol)

An implementation-specific API for the StreamControl Transmission Protocol on Solaris

Links:project page;mailinglist

Milestone target: M3

SDP (Sockets Direct Protocol)

Implementation-specific support for reliable,high-performance network streams over Infiniband connections onSolaris and Linux

Milestone target: M3

Use the Windows Vista IPv6 stack

Upgrade the networking code to use the WindowsVista IPv6 stack, when available, in preference to the legacyWindows stack

Milestone target: M1

TLS 1.2

Add support for Transport Layer Securityversion 1.2 (RFC 5246)

Spec:RFC 5246,RFC 5289,RFC 5469;javax.net.ssl:ExtendedSSLSession,SSLSocket.getHandshakeSession

Milestone target: M11

Elliptic-curve cryptography (ECC)

A portable implementation of the standardElliptic Curve Cryptographic (ECC) algorithms, so that all Javaapplications can use ECC out-of-the-box

Milestone target: M5

JDBC 4.1

Upgrade to JDBC 4.1 and Rowset 1.1

Spec:java.sql;javax.sql.rowset:RowSetFactory,RowSetProvider

Milestone target: M11

XRender pipeline for Java 2D

A new Java2D graphics pipeline based upon theX11 XRender extension, which provides access to much of thefunctionality of modern GPUs

Milestone target: M9

Create new platform APIs for 6u10 graphicsfeatures

Create new platform APIs for featuresoriginally implemented in the 6u10 release: Translucent andshaped windows, and heavyweight/lightweight component mixing

Spec:java.awt:Window:setShape,setOpacity;Component

Milestone target: M3

Nimbus look-and-feel for Swing

A next-generation cross-platform look-and-feelfor Swing

Spec:javax.swing.plaf.nimbus

Links:project page

Milestone target: M3

Swing JLayer component

Add the SwingLabs JXLayer component decoratorto the platform

Spec:javax.swing.JLayer

Links:JXLayer project

Milestone target: M5

Gervill sound synthesizer

Drop the old, proprietary, encumbered soundsynthesizer in favor of Gervill, a synthesizer created as aproposal for theAudio SynthesisEngine Project

Links:project page

Milestone target: M1

Update the XML stack

Upgrade the components of the XML stack to themost recent stable versions: JAXP 1.4, JAXB 2.2a, and JAX-WS2.2

Spec: Corresponding maintenance reviews ofJSR 206(JAXP),JSR 222 (JAXB), andJSR 224(JAX-WS)

Milestone target: M12

Enhanced MBeans

Enhancements to the existingcom.sun.management MBeans to report the recent CPU load ofthe whole system, the CPU load of the JVM process, and to send JMXnotifications when GC events occur (this feature previouslyincluded an enhanced JMX Agent, but that was dropped due to lack oftime)

Spec:com.sun.management:OperatingSystemMXBean,GarbageCollectorMXBean

Milestone target: M13

JSR 294: Language and VM support for modularprogramming

Enhancements to the Java language andvirtual-machine specifications to support modular programming, atboth compile time and run time

Spec:JSR 294

Links:mailinglist

JSR 308: Annotations on Java types

An extension to the Java annotation syntax topermit annotations on any occurrence of a type

Spec:JSR 308

Links:projectpage;detailedproject page

JSR TBD: Language support for collections

Literal expressions for immutable lists, sets,and maps, and indexing-access syntax for lists and maps

Links:project page;mailinglist

JSR TBD: Project Lambda

Lambda expressions (informally, "closures")and defender methods for the Java programming language

Links:project page;mailinglist

Modularization (Project Jigsaw)

A simple, low-level module system focused uponthe goal of modularizing the JDK, and the application of thatsystem to the JDK itself

Links:introduction;project page;mailinglist

JSR 296: Swing application framework

An API to define the basic structure of atypical Swing application, thereby eliminating lots of boilerplatecode and providing a much-improved initial developerexperience

Spec:JSR 296

Swing JDatePicker component

Add the SwingLabs JXDatePicker component tothe platform

Links:JXDatePicker api