The document outlines the major additions and evolutions of different versions of Java from the initial release to Java SE 7. Some of the key additions included inner classes, JavaBeans, JDBC, RMI in early versions. Later versions introduced generics, metadata, enumerations and performance improvements. The latest versions focused on dynamic language support, parallel computing libraries and improved concurrency.

1. Evolution Of Java

2. Java Release

3. Java Evolution Initial Release Java SE 7 Java SE 6 J2SE 5.0 J2SE 1.4 J2SE 1.3 J2SE 1.2 JDK 1.1 JDK 1.0