Java SE 8 and the accompanying JDK 8 also have been slated to include such features as Java Virtual Machine convergence and JavaFX 3.0, as well as bulk parallel operations via Project Lambda.

"On the surface, the downward trend of Java SE patches would appear to be positive," said James Lee, executive vice president of Dublin-based app security tools provider Waratek, in a statement.

The upcoming changes build up by breaking down Despite this tradition of low-key transformation, Reinhold's team is working on a solution for the upcoming Java SE 9 release that will have a profound ...