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On 28/07/2011 10:17 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/jdk7-relnotes-418459.html
>
> http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/language/strings-switch.html

Saves me a lot of if-else typing in a few situations.  Feels "wrong" 
somehow; like somehow, somewhere, C purists are crying. :-)

> http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/language/try-with-resources.html

Hallelujah!

> http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/docs/technotes/guides/language/catch-multiple.html

A very irritating minor annoyance is dead... Finally (pun intended). ;-)

The nio2 library is kind of interesting too.