Java 9 Revealed: For Early Adoption and Migration - Softcover

Sharan, Kishori

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1484225910 ISBN 13: 9781484225912

Publisher: Apress, 2017

Synopsis

Explore the new Java 9 modules, SDK, JDK, JVM, JShell and more in this comprehensive book that covers what’s new in Java 9 and how to use these new features. Java 9 Revealed is for experienced Java programmers looking to migrate to Java 9.  Author Kishori Sharan begins by covering how to develop Java applications using the new module system introduced in Java 9 and how to use the JShell tool in Java 9 for prototyping, compiling and testing. 
The book provides extensive coverage of new Java 9 features, such as the new layout of the modular JDK/JRE runtime image, new convenience factory methods for creating collections, the new spin-wait hints introduced to improve performance of spin loops in your code, and the new Desktop API for implementing platform-specific desktop features. Along the way you will also learn how to use the Reactive Streams API in Java 9 and, most importantly, this book will show you the breaking changes in Java 9.

What You'll Learn

• How JShell facilitates rapid development, code evaluation, and testing
• Discover what is new in the Process API
• Inspect a thread’s stack with the Stack-Walking API
• Use the jlink tool to create a custom runtime image
• Work with HTML5 Javadoc and use the new search feature in Javadoc
• Learn how to use new methods and collectors in the Streams API
• Learn how to create a custom logger to log messages from platform classes and how to use JVM logs
• Learn about new methods in the Optional class and how to use them
• Learn how to compare arrays and slices of arrays
• Learn how to use the enhanced try-with-resources blocks
• Make your object deserialization more secure by using object deserialization filters
  

Who This Book Is For
Experienced Java programmers and developers.

About this title

About the Author

Kishori Sharan has earned a Master of Science in Computer Information Systems degree from Troy State University, Alabama. He is a Sun Certified Java 2 programmer. He has vast experience in providing training to professional developers in Java, JSP, EJB, and Web technology. He possesses over ten years of experience in implementing enterprise level Java application.

From the Back Cover

Preview the new Java 9 modules, SDK, JDK, JVM and more in this short early adopter book. This book covers what's new in Java 9 and how to use some of these new features. Java 9 Revealed is for experienced Java programmers looking to make the migration from Java 7 or Java 8 to Java 9.
You will:

• Develop Java applications using new the module system introduced in Java 9
• Use the JShell tool in Java 9 for quick prototyping
• Learn how to use the Reactive Streams API in Java 9
• Discover what is new in the Process API
• Inspect a thread's stack with the Stack-Walking API
• Learn about the new layout of the modular JDK/JRE runtime image
• Use the jlink tool to create a custom runtime image
• Learn about the breaking changes in Java 9
• Create collections with the new convenience factory methods
• Work with HTML5 Javadoc

Edition details

• Publisher: Apress
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1484225910
• ISBN 13: 9781484225912
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 548