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    <p>UPDATE Feb 18, 2012: As described at <a href="https://blogs.oracle.com/abuckley/en_US/entry/jls7_and_jvms7_online" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://blogs.oracle.com/abuckley/en_US/entry/jls7_and_jvms7_online</a>, the Java SE 7 Editions of the Java Language Specification and the JVM Specification are now available at <a href="http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://docs.oracle.com/javase/specs/</a> in both PDF and HTML form.</p> <hr> <p>There are 3 locations from which you can download the Java Language Specification (JLS), 4th edition (more precisely, not "4th edition" but "Java SE 7 edition").</p> <p>A relatively old draft is part of JSR 901 (<a href="http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=901" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=901</a>). It is missing discussion of some of the new language features, such as those of JSR 334, Project Coin (<a href="http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=334" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://www.jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=334</a>).</p> <p>JSR 336 (<a href="http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=336" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://jcp.org/en/jsr/detail?id=336</a>) contains an Annex 3 (<a href="http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/jcp/java_se-7-final-spec/java_se-7-final-annex-3.zip" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/jcp/java_se-7-final-spec/java_se-7-final-annex-3.zip</a>) that has four different versions of the JLS: a full version with and without changebars, and a normative-only (1/3 shorter, lacking some examples and explanations) version with and without changebars. JSR 336's Annex 3 also has 2 versions of the JVMS (with and without changebars).</p> <p>The best source is to get the JLS from the Java SE Specifications download page (<a href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/cmn/spec_index.html" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://download.oracle.com/javase/cmn/spec_index.html</a>) (direct link to JLS PDF: <a href="http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/specs/jls/JLS-JavaSE7.pdf" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://download.oracle.com/javase/7/specs/jls/JLS-JavaSE7.pdf</a>). This version is slightly updated, compared to the JSR 336 version. Only one variety is available: the full specification without changebars.</p> <p>As of now (August 4, 2011), JLS 4th edition is not available in printed form, nor is it available from <a href="http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/" rel="nofollow noreferrer">http://java.sun.com/docs/books/jls/</a> where the first three editions are available for download.</p>
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