<P> In September 2017, Mark Reinhold, chief Architect of the Java Platform, proposed to change the release train to "one feature release every six months" rather than the current two - year schedule . </P> <P> Java 9 is the only publicly supported version, while after public support periods of older versions has ended, non-public updates have been issued for Java 7 and earlier . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Th> Release </Th> <Th> Year </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> JDK Beta </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> JDK 1.0 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> JDK 1.1 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> J2SE 1.2 </Td> <Td> 1998 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> J2SE 1.3 </Td> <Td> 2000 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> J2SE 1.4 </Td> <Td> 2002 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> J2SE 5.0 </Td> <Td> </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Java SE 6 </Td> <Td> 2006 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Java SE 7 </Td> <Td> 2011 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Java SE 8 </Td> <Td> 2014 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td> Java SE 9 </Td> <Td> 2017 </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> Release </Th> <Th> Year </Th> </Tr>

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