Also eyed for Java EE 7 is an update to the Web profile introduced in which offered a set of Java deployment capabilities for Web development. An update could include JAX-RS support. Other capabilities targeted for the release include improved configuration capabilities and alignment of Managed Beans across such technologies as CDI (Contexts and Dependency Injection), Enterprise JavaBeans, and JavaServer Faces. Managed Beans is part of Java Management Extensions technology, which supplies tools for managing applications, system objects, devices, and service-oriented networks. Managed Beans represent different computing resources.

With Java EE 8, Oracle is planning modularity akin to what is enabled in specification, along with more SaaS capabilities. A cloud profile for Java may be introduced and perhaps more cloud-related APIs, such as one for NoSQL databases. Java EE 8 also could get capabilities intended for Java EE 7 that were not ready in time.

On Wednesday at the conference, Oracle's Daniel Smith, a Java language and compiler developer, noted that Java SE 8, due in late 2012, is set to have capabilities from Project Lambda, to boost parallel programming and accommodations for multi-core processors. "Our goal is to make some simple parallel libraries," Smith said.

in InfoWorld's Application Development Channel.