New features in java 7

In addition to what John Skeet said, here's an overview of the Java 7 project. It includes a list and description of the features.

Note: JDK 7 was released on July 28, 2011, so you should now go to the official java SE site.

Using Diamond(<>) operator for generic instance creation

Map<String, List<Trade>> trades = new TreeMap <> ();

Using strings in switch statements

String status=  “something”;
   switch(statue){
     case1: 
     case2: 
     default:
    }

Underscore in numeric literals

int val 12_15; long phoneNo = 01917_999_720L;

Using single catch statement for throwing multiple exception by using “|” operator

catch(IOException | NullPointerException ex){
          ex.printStackTrace();   
    }

No need to close() resources because Java 7 provides try-with-resources statement

try(FileOutputStream fos = new FileOutputStream("movies.txt");
      DataOutputStream dos = new DataOutputStream(fos)) {
              dos.writeUTF("Java 7 Block Buster");
  } catch(IOException e) {
        // log the exception
  }

binary literals with prefix “0b” or “0B”

I think ForkJoinPool and related enhancement to Executor Framework is an important addition in Java 7.