At its JavaOne conference, Oracle has provided a glimpse of the future opportunities that Java provides. JavaOne is Oracle’s flagship conference for Java developers and partners and was held in Hyderabad recently. The conference also showcased Oracle’s continued commitment to the stewardship of Java with Oracle's continued investments in the Java platform and technology.
At the event, Oracle also laid the roadmap for the future versions of Java and said that each major release will have a gap of two years. The company said that the programmers can look forward to features like Jigsaw, Generic language interoperability, GPU programming and enhancements for cloud in version Java 9 by 2016.
Georges Saab, Vice-President of Software Development, Java Platform Group, Oracle, said that the new version of Java, JDK 8 (Java Development Kit 8) is scheduled for release in the first quarter of next year.
The JavaOne event also brought together Java experts, Java developers and Java users to help understand how the technology is being used across industry verticals and across devices from personal computers to mobiles to automation devices.
