The goal of this Project is to to produce an open-source reference implementation of the Java SE 8 Platform, to be defined by JSR 337 in the Java Community Process.

Content

JDK 8 is the second part of Plan B. The single driving feature of the release is Project Lambda. (Project Jigsaw was proposed for this release but later dropped). Additional features proposed via the JEP Process will be included, but they must fit into the overall schedule required for Lambda. Detailed information on the features funded and targeted to the release, so far, can be found on the features page.

Schedule

The overall development schedule is divided into a sequence of milestone cycles, with each feature targeted to a specific milestone.

2012/04/26	M1
2012/06/14	M2
2012/08/02	M3
2012/09/13	M4
2012/11/29	M5
2013/01/31	M6	Feature Complete
2013/02/21	M7	Developer Preview
2013/07/05	M8	Final Release Candidate
2013/09/09	GA	General Availability

Further information on milestone content and the final phases of the release can be found on the milestones page. The builds and integrations page contains week-by-week scheduling information.

Early-access binaries

EA binaries built from the JDK 8 code base are available today from Oracle.

Links to EA binaries from other vendors will be listed here when they become available.

Comments and questions to: jdk8 dash dev at openjdk dot java dot net