SSL/TLS Server Name Indication (SNI) Extension support in JSSE Server.

Stronger algorithms for password-based encryption.

Performance Improvement for HashMaps with Key Collisions.

Classes in the new package provide a Stream API to support functional-style operations on streams of elements.

Default methods enable new functionality to be added to the interfaces of libraries and ensure binary compatibility with code written for older versions of those interfaces.

Lambda Expressions, a new language feature.

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