The Google App Engine (GAE) is expected to soon get full support for Java.

"Java is definitely important to Google, and the company has a seat on the JCP, which makes it kind of strange that Java hasn't been part of Google's cloud offering," notes JavaWorld's Josh Fruhlinger.

"The announcement should come at the Google I/O conference in late May," writes TechCrunch's Michael Arrington. "Java applications are extremely popular, particularly for business applications, and it is one of the internally supported languages at Google. In fact, late last year a startup called Stax Networks launched that billed itself as an 'AppEngine for Java.' Don't feel too bad for the startup, however, they've said from the beginning that they expected Google to enter the Java market sooner rather than later..."

"Rumors of such a development emerged last year, but we can now confirm that it is going to happen... GAE currently is a Python-only app hosting environment and Java has been one of its most-requested features," writes GigaOM's Om Malik. "Google's support would help Java hosting get a mainstream push."

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