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The information below presents data on Java 9, made available by Marc R. Hoffmann, from javaalmanac.io, provided under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.

Java 9

Version: 9 Release date: 2017-09-21 EOL date: 2018-03-20 bytecode: 53.0

Documentation: notes , vm , lang , api

Distro

TCK

Vendor

License

Platforms

AdoptOpenJDK

GPLv2+CE

aix:ppc64 /

linux:arm64 /ppc64le /s390x /x64 /

macos:x64 /

windows:x64 /

Liberica

BellSoft

GPLv2+CE

linux:arm32 /

Oracle JDK 9

Oracle

Commercial

linux:x64 /

macos:x64 /

solaris:sparcv9 /

windows:x64 /

Red Hat build of OpenJDK 9

Red Hat

GPLv2+CE

windows:x64 /

Azul Zulu Builds of OpenJDK 9

Azul Systems

GPLv2+CE

linux:x86 /x64 /

macos:x64 /

windows:x86 /x64 /

Technology Compatibility Kit

New Features

Language

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

API

Var Handles ( JEP 193 )
Compact Strings ( JEP 254 )
Reactive Streams ( JEP 266 )
Enhanced Deprecation ( JEP 277 )
Object.finalize() deprecated ( JDKIssue 8165641 )

Tools

jshell ( JEP 222 )
Multi-Release JAR Files ( JEP 238 )
Compile for Older Platform Versions ( JEP 247 )
jlink ( JEP 282 )

Internal

Indify String Concatenation ( JEP 280 )

New APIs

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