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​​.