Java 9 - foojay

The information below presents data on Java 9, made available by Marc R. Hoffmann, from javaalmanac.io.

Java versions:

16 ,
15 ,
14 ,
13 ,
12 ,
11 ,
10 ,
9 ,
8 ,
7 ,
6 ,
5 ,
1.4 ,
1.3 ,
1.2 ,
1.1 ,
1.0 .

Java 9

version: 9 Release date: 2017/09/21 EOL date: 2018/03 bytecode: 53.0

Documentation: notes , vm , lang , api SCM: hg

Distro	Vendor	License	Platforms
AdoptOpenJDK	AdoptOpenJDK	Open Source	aix-ppc64 linux-x64 linux-s390x linux-ppc64le linux-aarch64 linux-arm32 macOS-x64 solaris-sparcv9 solaris-x64 windows-x86 windows-x64
Liberica	BellSoft	Open Source	linux-x86 linux-x64 linux-arm32 linux-aarch64 linux-ppc64le macOS-x64 windows-x86 windows-x64
OpenJDK	Oracle	Open Source	linux-x86 linux-x64 linux-aarch64 linux-arm32 macOS-x64 solaris-sparcv9 solaris-x64 windows-x86 windows-x64
Oracle JDK	Oracle	Commercial	linux-x86 linux-x64 linux-aarch64 linux-arm32 macOS-x64 solaris-sparcv9 solaris-x64 windows-x86 windows-x64
Zulu	Azul	Open Source	linux-x86 linux-x64 linux-ppc32spe linux-ppc32hf linux-ppc64 linux-aarch64 linux-arm32 macOS-x64 windows-x86 windows-x64 solaris-sparcv9 solaris-x86 solaris-x64

New Features

Language

Module System ( JEP 261 )
Private Methods in Interfaces ( JEP 213 )

API

Reactive Streams ( JEP 266 )
Indify String Concatenation ( JEP 280 )
Var Handles ( JEP 193 )
Object.finalize() deprecated ( JDKIssue 8165641 )
Enhanced Deprecation ( JEP 277 )

Tools

jshell ( JEP 222 )
jlink ( JEP 282 )

New APIs

Compare to Java:

base: version: 9 build 9.0.4

target version: 8 build 8.0.265