Java 7 Roundup (Feb 7th) (original) (raw)

Last week, I created a new page of links regarding Java 7 JSRs and features. I’ve been continuing to update that page as additional information becomes available.

New info posted in the past week:

• Sun Developer Network language proposals in bug reports
• Javapolis video of Stanley Ho (spec lead) on Java Modules (JSR 277)
• Scott Violet posted an update and demos of JSR 295 (bean binding)
• Eamonn McManus (spec lead) on cascading and federation in JMX 2.0 (JSR 255)
• Added information on JSR 275 Units and Quantities which covers the handling of units and quantities for the scientific community
• Glyn Normington posted some examples of BigDecimal operator support
• Stephen Colebourne posted on improving enum support in switch
• The BGGA Closures proposal v0.5 was posted by Neal Gafter, which collapses the two previous forms.
• Stephen Colebourne posted on method adaptation as an alternative to closures
• Danny Lagrouw posted on some closure examples using the BGGA proposal
• Chuck Hoffman posted his thoughts fears on adding closures to Java
• I added a link to an older blog by Tim Vernum comparing different closure proposals that I ran across