What are the important features of Java 8?

Java 8 is the newest version of java released by oracle in the year of 2014. It includes various enhancements.

Following are features of Java 8:

  • Functional Interfaces
  • Stream API
  • Lambda Expressions
  • Java IO improvements
  • Collection API improvements
  • Default and static methods in interfaces
  • JDBC Enhancements
  • ForEach() method