Hi Andy,
Early Access build for JDK 8u72 b05 is available on
java.net, summary of changes are listed here.
Early Access build for JDK 9 b88 is available on
java.net, summary of changes are listed here
.
Early Access build for JDK 9 with Project Jigsaw b86 is available on
java.net.
Changes for JDK 9 with Project Jigsaw b86 : -
- New options for the jdeps tool: -genmoduleinfo to generate
draft module-info.java files, and -ct to do a compile-time
analysis of references (i.e., follow all references leaving all
classes in each referenced JAR file) rather than the default
run-time analysis (which only follows references leaving
referenced classes).
- jlink no longer does service binding by default.
- Class::getPackage fixed to return null for array types,
primitives, and void (bug reported by Chris Newland).
- Improved messages in IllegalAccessExceptions thrown by core
reflection.
- java -verbose now works with -Xpatch .
- The special token ALL-SYSTEM can be used with the -addmods
option to add all system modules.
- New methods Module::{addUses,canUse}, which are dynamic
equivalents of service-use clauses in module declarations.
Rgds, Rory
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Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland
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