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Using the ‘annotation processor,’ developers can take advantage of the latest Java language features and still compile to Java 8 bytecode Do you want to stay on Java 8 while taking advantage of the ...

It’s not quite the development freeze Microsoft underwent during the Trustworthy Computing push, but it’s a start for Oracle, which will delay the release of Java 8 until Q1 of next year, largely ...

On Tuesday Oracle announced the release of a new version of its NetBeans IDE that takes advantage of the latest enhancements in the newest release of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE 8).