JCP Approves JSRs for Java SE 7, Java SE 8, Project Coin and Lambda

After one week's extension (due to the US Thanksgiving holiday), the JCP Executive Commitee for Java SE and EE has now approved the following four JSRs:

JSR 334: Small Enhancements to the Java Programming Language ("Project Coin")

JSR 335: Lambda Expressions for the Java Programming Language ("Project Lambda")

JSR 336: Java SE 7

JSR 337: Java SE 8

The contents of the Java SE 7 and Java SE 8 JSRs reflect the proposed ​​Plan B​​​ that split up the "original" JDK 7 in two releases. For more detail see ​​this post​​. More information to follow.

You can download the ​​source code​​​ and the ​​latest build​​​ for JDK 7 on the ​​OpenJDK​​​ web site. Oracle currently provides builds for Windows, Linux and Solaris. OSX builds will be made available in the future as a result of ​​Apple joining the OpenJDK project​​.