[jetty-dev] Early Access builds of JDK 8u112 b01, JDK 9 b124 are availab

["Rory O'Donnell" <rory.odonnell@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi ,

Early Access b124 for JDK 9 is available on java.net, summary of  changes are listed here .

Early Access b123 (#5178) for JDK 9 with Project Jigsaw is available on java.net.

The first EA build of Java SE 8u112 b01 is available on java.net

Notable changes since the last email
- in JDK 9 b119 the big change was moving the class file version from 52.0 to 53.0, see [1] for more details.

- Update to JEP 261 : Module System  - see email from Mark Reinhold [2]
    - The special ALL-DEFAULT module name, which represents the default set of root modules for use with the -addmods option [3];
    - A more thorough explanation of how the built-in class loaders have changed, how built-in modules are assigned to each loader, and how
       these loaders work together to load classes [4]; and
    - The reason why Java EE-related modules are no longer resolved by default [5].
    - There are various other minor corrections and clarifications, as can be seen in the detailed diff [6].

Rgds,Rory

[1] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk9-dev/2016-January/003507.html
[2] http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jigsaw-dev/2016-June/008227.html
[3] http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/261#ALL-DEFAULT
[4] http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/261#Class-loaders
[5] http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/261#EE-modules
[6] http://cr.openjdk.java.net/~mr/jigsaw/jeps/updates/261-2016-06-15.html

-- 
Rgds,Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA , Dublin, Ireland