New features in java 7

Question

What new features in java 7 is going to be implemented? And what are they doing now?

Answer 1

In addition to what John Skeet said, here's an overview of the Java 7 project. It includes a list and description of the features.

Note: JDK 7 was released on July 28, 2011, so you should now go to the official java SE site.