In the previous chapter, we explored the newly-implemented time-based versioning system for the Java platform. We also learned, at a high-level, the changes introduced in Java 9, 10, and 11, also referred to as versions 9, 18.3, and 18.9 respectively. Java 9's most significant change was the introduction of modularity based on Project Jigsaw and included additional changes focusing on the Java Shell, controlling external process, garbage collection, JHM, and more. Key features of Java 10 were covered, including local variable type inference, JDK consolidation, garbage collection, application class-data sharing (CDS), root certificates, and more. Changes introduced in Java 11 included dynamic class-file constants, garbage collection, local variable type inference for Lambdas and more.
In this chapter, we will look at several internal changes introduced...
