Some changes highlighted in the Java One conference:
http://www.eweek.com/development/java-moving-forward-with-faster-pace-release-schedule-modular-system
Highlights:
- Java 9 is (in principle) backwards compatible with Java8
- Java 10 will be Java 18.3 (WTF!), out in March 2018 (and from then on new features shall be released on a 6 month cadence as they are ready)
- JEE will be moved to the Apache Foundation (with more companies other than Oracle supporting it) and called EE4J
New features include:
- Modular Java (Project jigsaw)
- Java shell (jshell)
- Serverless Java (FaaS)
