Java 8 - foojay

The information below presents data on Java 8, made available by Marc R. Hoffmann, from javaalmanac.io, provided under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

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Java 8

version: 8 Release date: 2014/03/18 EOL date: 2026/05 bytecode: 52.0

Documentation: vm , lang , api , notes SCM: hg

Distro	TCK ¹	Vendor	License	Platforms
AdoptOpenJDK		AdoptOpenJDK	Open Source	aix-ppc64 linux-x64 linux-s390x linux-ppc64le linux-aarch64 linux-arm32 macOS-x64 solaris-sparcv9 solaris-x64 windows-x86 windows-x64
Azul Zulu Build of OpenJDK		Azul	Open Source	linux-x86 linux-x64 linux-ppc32spe linux-ppc32hf linux-ppc64 linux-aarch64 linux-arm32 macOS-x64 windows-x86 windows-x64 solaris-sparcv9 solaris-x86 solaris-x64
Azul Zulu Prime Build of OpenJDK (formerly Zing)		Azul	Commercial	linux-x64
Corretto		Amazon	Open Source	linux-x64 linux-aarch64 macOS-x64 windows-x86 windows-x64
Dragonwell		Alibaba	Open Source	linux-x64 windows-x64
Liberica		BellSoft	Open Source	linux-x86 linux-x64 linux-arm32 linux-aarch64 linux-ppc64le macOS-x64 windows-x86 windows-x64
OpenJDK		Oracle	Open Source	linux-x86 linux-x64 linux-aarch64 linux-arm32 macOS-x64 solaris-sparcv9 solaris-x64 windows-x86 windows-x64
Oracle JDK		Oracle	Commercial	linux-x86 linux-x64 linux-aarch64 linux-arm32 macOS-x64 solaris-sparcv9 solaris-x64 windows-x86 windows-x64
Red Hat Build of OpenJDK		Red Hat	Open Source	linux-x64 windows-x86 windows-x64

Technology Compatibility Kit

New Features

JVM

Remove Permanent Generation ( JEP 122 )

Language

Lambda Expressions ( JSR 335 )
Default Methods in Interfaces ( JSR 335 )
Effectively Final Variables ( JSR 335 )
Type Use Annotations ( JEP 104 )
Repeating Annotations ( JEP 120 )

API

Streams (java.util.stream) ( JEP 107 )
Lambda APIs (java.util.function) ( JEP 109 )
Date Time (java.time) ( JSR 310 , JEP 150 )

New APIs

Compare to Java:

base: version: 8 build 8.0.265

target version: 7 build 1.7.0_80