The Java development engineers have now responsible for the timetable for the version 7 of JDK announced. Thus 2011 is the Java implementation on July 28 published final. Previously published several interim releases that exact dates for these so-called milestones that provide for those involved in the development. The next deadline is December 16 which, in the JDK 7 "feature complete" should be. The announcement fits with Oracle's recent efforts, the development of the Java programming language to push back.

With the release date, the developers follow the plan, JDK 7 without lambda functions, and part of Project Jigsaw Project Coin public. End of 2012, then follow as early as 8 JDK that some of the previously mentioned components is transmitted from the outside. If the JDK should contain all changes equal to 7, it could be released in mid 2012 at the earliest.

From this week Oracle are proposals for Java 7 and Java specifications accompanying the Java Community Process (JCP) for review before 8th After the start of development for the next Java version 2008, a publication aimed at, but again, that date back always corrected. Since the announcement of the acquisition by Sun, the Java had the patronage, by Oracle, the deadline was postponed to autumn 2010 until before then after a long period of uncertainty at this year's JavaOne , the current road map was issued in September