There are dozens of features added to JAVA 8, the most SIGNIFICANT ones are mentioned below −

• Lambda expression − Adds functional processing capability to Java.
• Method references − Referencing functions by their names instead of invoking them directly. Using functions as parameter.
• Default method − Interface to have default method implementation.
• New TOOLS − New compiler tools and utilities are added like 'jdeps' to figure out dependencies.
• Stream API − New stream API to facilitate pipeline processing.
• Date Time API − Improved date time API.
• Optional − Emphasis on best practices to handle null values properly.
• Nashorn, JavaScript Engine − A Java-based engine to execute JavaScript code.

Along with these new featuers, lots of FEATURE enhancements are done under-the-hood, at both compiler and JVM level.

There are dozens of features added to Java 8, the most significant ones are mentioned below −

Along with these new featuers, lots of feature enhancements are done under-the-hood, at both compiler and JVM level.