Java is an object oriented, platform independent, portable, robust highlevel programming language.
Founder : Mr James Gosling
Vendor : Initially Sun MicroSystem Now Oracle
Year :1995
Version | Release date | End of Free Public Updates | Extended Support Until |
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JDK Beta | 1995 | ||
JDK 1.0 | January 1996 | ||
JDK 1.1 | February 1997 | ||
J2SE 1.2 | December 1998 | ||
J2SE 1.3 | May 2000 | ||
J2SE 1.4 | February 2002 | October 2008 | February 2013 |
J2SE 5.0 | September 2004 | November 2009 | April 2015 |
Java SE 6 | December 2006 | April 2013 | December 2018 |
Java SE 7 | July 2011 | April 2015 | July 2022 |
Java SE 8 (LTS) | March 2014 | January 2019 for Oracle (commercial) December 2020 for Oracle (personal use) At least September 2023 for AdoptOpenJDK |
March 2025 |
Java SE 9 | September 2017 | March 2018 for OpenJDK | N/A |
Java SE 10 | March 2018 | September 2018 for OpenJDK | N/A |
Java SE 11 (LTS) | September 2018 | At least September 2022 for AdoptOpenJDK | September 2026 |
Java SE 12 | March 2019 |