Java releases at Oracle are becoming a clockwork operation. As planned, JDK 7u4 is now available, along with JavaFX 2.1, and new versions of Java SE for Embedded. Specifically:
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- For the first time, official support for Mac OS X
- Includes the highly anticipated G1 (“Garbage First”) garbage collector, improving memory management for very large applications
- Next step in converging Oracle JRockit and HotSpot VMs, offering the best features of both technologies
- Numerous performance improvements to the JVM
- OpenJDK continues to host the development of Java SE 7 on Mac OS X and the JDK 8 reference implementation
- Available for Windows and Mac OS X (with Linux support currently as preview release)
- Includes playback of MPEG-4 multimedia containing H.264/AVC video and AAC audio
- New WebView support for JavaScript to Java method calls, which enables JavaScript content to leverage Java for demanding operations
- Support for enhanced font rendering on LCD displays, including sub-pixel rendering
- Additional UI enhancements such as combo box, stacked chart, and application-wide menu bar
- Bundled with the Java 7u4 release
- Oracle has started the OpenJFX project in OpenJDK as part of the plan to open source JavaFX
- Java SE for Embedded is the product line that brings Java SE to a number of embedded platforms and includes many features and performance enhancements targeted to embedded requirements, such as low footprint, power usage, and performance
- Java SE 7u4 Embedded and Java SE 6u32 Embedded 6 releases are now available, following Java SE releases in lockstep
- For more details, see here
For information, see the press release. For more details and a Q&A, check Henrik Stahl’s blog.
To download, go here.
Cheers,
— Terrence
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05/01/2012 at 04:28
David
Any idea when Oracle JavaFX will be available for Oracle SPARC?
05/07/2012 at 12:41
terrencebarr
David,
I understand your use case, but there is currently no announced roadmap for for JavaFX on Solaris.
Best,
— Terrence
05/01/2012 at 04:31
David
(There are Sun Ray’s running a SPARC desktop, running SPARC applications, which is why people are wondering about JavaFX under SPARC.)