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Java 9: Building Robust Modular Applications

By : Dr. Edward Lavieri, Peter Verhas, Jason Lee
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Java 9: Building Robust Modular Applications

By: Dr. Edward Lavieri, Peter Verhas, Jason Lee

Overview of this book

Java 9 and its new features add to the richness of the language; Java is one of the languages most used by developers to build robust software applications. Java 9 comes with a special emphasis on modularity with its integration with Jigsaw. This course is your one-stop guide to mastering the language. You'll be provided with an overview and explanation of the new features introduced in Java 9 and the importance of the new APIs and enhancements. Some new features of Java 9 are ground-breaking; if you are an experienced programmer, you will be able to make your enterprise applications leaner by learning these new features. You'll be provided with practical guidance in applying your newly acquired knowledge of Java 9 and further information on future developments of the Java platform. This course will improve your productivity, making your applications faster. Next, you'll go on to implement everything you've learned by building 10 cool projects. You will learn to build an email filter that separates spam messages from all your inboxes, a social media aggregator app that will help you efficiently track various feeds, and a microservice for a client/server note application, to name just a few. By the end of this course, you will be well acquainted with Java 9 features and able to build your own applications and projects. This Learning Path contains the best content from the following two recently published Packt products: • Mastering Java 9 • Java 9 Programming Blueprints
Table of Contents (33 chapters)
Title Page - Courses
Packt Upsell - Courses
Preface
25
Taking Notes with Monumentum
Bibliography
Index

Platform logging API and service [JEP-264]


The Java 9 platform includes a new logging API enabling platform classes to log messages. It has a commensurate service for manipulating the logs. Before we go too far into what is new regarding the logging API and service, let's review java.util.logging.api which was introduced in Java 7.

The java.util.logging package

The java.util.logging package includes classes and interfaces that collectively comprise Java's core logging features. This functionality was created with the following goals:

  • Problem diagnosis by end users and system administrators
  • Problem diagnosis by field service engineers
  • Problem diagnosis by the development organization

As you can see, the primary purpose was to enable maintenance of remote software.

The java.util.logging package has two interfaces:

  • public interface Filter
    • Purpose: This provides fine-grain control over logged data
    • Method:
      • isLoggable(LogRecord record)
  • public interface LoggingMXBean
    • Purpose: This is the logging facility's...