Friday Java Quiz: What's Your Favorite Java 7 Feature...
... That Didn't Make It In
Like in past years, I'm following JavaOne from afar. All I have access to are the general sessions and attendee's blog reactions to specific sessions on JavaLobby, java.net, JavaBlogs, and StuffThatHappens. And on Tuesday's session, I heard Danny Coward talking about new features for Java 7,
which, BTW, is scheduled for Summer of 2009.
This, I suppose, is the same talk as the one I mentioned 509 days ago. However, the scope has clearly shrunk quite a bit.
Today's quiz is a rhetorical one:
Q: What is your favorite new Java language feature that did not make it into Java 7?
I'll start with mine:
- XML literal (I'm virtually alone on this one, but still...)
- Properties (can anyone tell if it's in or not?)
- Reified types for Java generics (Erase Erasure, as I've call it 475 days ago)