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

Using Diamond(<>) operator for generic instance creation

Map> trades = new TreeMap <> ();

Using strings in switch statements

String status=  “something”;
   switch(statue){
     case1: 
     case2: 
     default:
    }

Underscore in numeric literals

int val 12_15; long phoneNo = 01917_999_720L;

Using single catch statement for throwing multiple exception by using “|” operator

catch(IOException | NullPointerException ex){
          ex.printStackTrace();   
    }

No need to close() resources because Java 7 provides try-with-resources statement

try(FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("movies.txt");
      DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(fos)) {
              dos.writeUTF("Java 7 Block Buster");
  } catch(IOException e) {
        // log the exception
  }

binary literals with prefix “0b” or “0B”