Java, Today and Tomorrow

Explore the latest developments and future prospects of Java in this 49-minute conference talk by Mark Reinhold, Chief Architect of the Java Platform Group at Oracle. Gain insights into recent additions to the Java language and platform, and discover upcoming features designed to enhance developer productivity and program performance. Learn how Java continues to evolve while maintaining its core values of readability, generality, and compatibility. Delve into topics such as character-stream readers and writers, reference objects, shutdown hooks, NIO high-performance I/O APIs, library generification, service loaders, and the Jigsaw module system. Benefit from Reinhold's extensive experience, including his key leadership roles in every Java SE and JDK release since version 1.2 in 1998, as well as his current position leading the JDK Project in the OpenJDK Community.