Java 9

Status	End of Life
Release Date	2017-09-21
EOL Date	2018-03-20
Latest Version	9.0.4
Class File Version	53.0
Unicode Version	8.0.0
API Changes	Compare to 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 1.4 - 1.3 - 1.2 - 1.1 - 1.0
Documentation	Release Notes, Language Spec, VM Spec, JavaDoc
SCM	git

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In quite an opinionated move Java got its own module system. While the original idea was to modularize the enormous JDK API itself the Java Platform Module System (JPMS) is now considered as the standard way to bundle any library.

New Features

Here are all new features in Java 9 by category. There is also of list of all features of all Java releases.

Language

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

API

HTTP/2 Client 1. Incubator (JEP 110)
Var Handles (JEP 193)
UTF-8 Property Resource Bundles (JEP 226)
Compact Strings (JEP 254)
Reactive Streams (JEP 266)
Enhanced Deprecation (JEP 277)
Object.finalize() deprecated (JDK-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)

Downloads

Vendor	Product	License	Platform Downloads
AdoptOpenJDK	AdoptOpenJDK	GPLv2+CE	aix-ppc64 linux-arm64 linux-ppc64le linux-s390x linux-x64 macos-x64 windows-x64
Azul Systems	Zulu Builds of OpenJDK 9	GPLv2+CE	linux-x86 linux-x64 macos-x64 windows-x86 windows-x64
BellSoft	Liberica	GPLv2+CE	linux-arm32
Oracle	Oracle JDK 9	Commercial	linux-x64 macos-x64 solaris-sparcv9 windows-x64
Red Hat	Red Hat build of OpenJDK 9	GPLv2+CE	windows-x64

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Sandbox

Instantly compile and run Java 9 snippets without a local Java installation.

public class Java9 { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Hello " + String.class.getModule()); } }