Наконец-то свершило то, чего так долго все ждали. Компания Oracle наконец-то опубликовала JSRы для Java SE 7 и 8.

Вот пост Марка Рейнхольда (Mark Reinhold) по этому поводу: http://blogs.sun.com/mr/entry/quartet

I’m pleased to note the submission of four new Java Specification Requests to the Java Community Process:

• JSR 334: Small Enhancements to the Java Programming Language, by Joe Darcy with help from Jon Gibbons, Maurizio Cimadamore, and many others in Project Coin;
• JSR 335: Lambda Expressions for the Java Programming Language, by Brian Goetz with help from Alex Buckley, Maurizio, and others in Project Lambda;
• JSR 336: Java SE 7 Release Contents, for the enormous team effort that is JDK 7 (the first half of Plan B); and, finally,
• JSR 337: Java SE 8 Release Contents, for the eventual JDK 8 (the rest of Plan B).

These JSRs have been a long time coming. They’re now—finally—on the JCP Executive Committee ballot for approval; results should be available in two weeks.

My thanks to everyone who’s contributed to the related OpenJDK Projects.

Как видно, нам тут интересны JSR336 и JSR337. Через две недели должны появиться результаты голосования по этим JSR.