The long awaited next release of Java SE, version 9, is being released on September 21, 2017 and with it come some major changes. The key change in JDK 9 is the introduction of "a new kind of Java ...

Java 9 won’t be released on July 27 after all. Oracle has proposed that Java 9 Standard Edition be delayed until September 21 so the open source community that is finalizing Java 9 can address the ...

Oracle has set Sept. 22, 2016, as the official General Availability (GA) release date for Java 9. Mark Reinhold, chief architect of Oracle's Java Platform Group, announced the date in a blog post, ...

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JEP 238: Multi-Release JAR Files extends the JAR file format to allow multiple, Java-release-specific versions of class/resource files to coexist in the same archive. This upgrade makes it easier for ...

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After many years of work, Oracle has set September 22, 2016, as the release date for Java 9, its major overhaul of the Java programming language. The company just published a release schedule for the ...

At long last, Oracle has made Java 9 generally available just ahead of its upcoming JavaOne developer conference in San Francisco early next month. Java 9 -- better known as Java SE 9 Platform ...