Java 8 new Features

 

 

Oracle released a new version of Java as Java 8 in March 18, 2014.

 Java 8 provides following new features:

• Lambda expressions,
• Method references,
• Functional interfaces,
• Stream API,
• Default methods,
• Base64 Encode Decode,
• Static methods in interface,
• Optional class,
• Collectors class,
• ForEach() method,
• Parallel array sorting,
• Nashorn JavaScript Engine,
• Parallel Array Sorting,
• Type and Repating Annotations,
• IO Enhancements,
• Concurrency Enhancements,
• JDBC Enhancements etc.