What to expect in Java 7.0

From:http://www.theserverside.com/blogs/thread.tss?thread_id=44660

Alex Miller has posted a full summary of features being considered for Java 7.0. He has also included links to a number of discussions that are taking place.

Included in his list of features being considered for Java 7 are;
JSR 277 Java Module System
JSR 294 Improved Modularity Support
JSR 295 Beans Binding
JSR 303 Beans Validation
JSR 296 Swing Application Framework
JSR 203 NIO2
JSR 220 Java Persistence APIs
JSR 255 JMX 2.0
JSR 262 Web Services Connector for JMX
JSR 260 Javadoc Technology Update
JSR 275 Units and Quantities
JSR 310 Date and Time API
JSR 308 Annotations on Java Types
In addition to this page, Alex publishes a weekly summary of what new happening. You can find one such example of this summary at his blog site.