Local-variable type inference with `var` makes it easier to work with anonymous classes, for example to create ad-hoc fields and methods. But does that mean you should use them more often? I think not.
With ‘var’ it is much easier to work with intersection types in Java 10 and later. You still need non-trivial tricks with generics to declare intersection types, but thanks to ‘var’ it is now easy to create local variables of such types.
On Java 10+, you can use application class-data sharing to reduce launch times, response time outliers, and memory footprint. By archiving class data with -Xshare:dump and loading it with -Xshare:on, the JVM’s class loading workload can be reduced considerably.
Multi-release JARs allow you to create a single JAR that contains bytecode for several Java versions with jar –version 9 (or 10, or…). Presented with a multi-release JAR, JVMs version 9 and later will load the code that was included for their version.
So, Java 9 came out last year… What now? Where to get started? If that’s what you’re asking yourself, then you’ve come to the right place! This Java 9 tutorial is a condensation of all you need to know to find your way around the new release, to get you ready to explore it in more depth.
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Want to build with Maven on Java 9? Here’s which versions to pick, how to use the compiler executable, toolchains, and mavenrc to run Maven on Java 9, and how to use mvn/jvm.config and profiles to configure your build for Java 8 and 9.
Java 10 introduces ‘var’ which lets the compiler infer local variable types. Here’s how it works, why it exists, and how it impacts readability.
Using annotations from JSR-305 (@Nonnull, @Nullable, etc.) with others from the javax.annotation package (@Generated, @PostConstruct) on Java 9 causes a split package. Here’s the fix.
Learn all the module system basics in this tutorial: how to declare modules with module-info.java, compile, package, and launch them and what role the module path and readability graph play.