Java 7 is out!

You can download it from here.

It contains new features in the syntax (the diamond operator, try with resources, switch with Strings), a new FileSystem API, support for asynchronous I/O, a new fork/join framework for multicore performance and other cool new features.

The New File System API in JDK 7

Here is an interesting presentation on the new enhancements regarding file system manipulation coming up in Java 7.