Java Standard Edition: Java SE 7 and the New Java SE 8

Easy to use with Java SE 7 or Java SE 8. To meet the needs of our audiences, we designed the book for college and professional courses based on Java SE 7, Java SE 8 or a mixture of both. The Java SE 8 features are covered in optional, easy-to-include-or-omit sections. The new Java SE 8 capabilities can dramatically improve the programming process. Figure 1 lists some new Java SE 8 features that we cover.

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Fig. 1 | Some new Java SE 8 features.

Java SE 8 lambdas, streams, and interfaces with default and static methods. The most significant new features in JavaSE 8 are lambdas and complementary ...

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