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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

Unicode 7.0.0


Java Enhancement Proposal 227, titled Unicode 7.0, was created to indicate the need to update the appropriate APIs to support Unicode version 7.0. That version of Unicode was released on June 16, 2014. Previous to Java 9, Unicode version 6.2 was the latest version supported.

Note

You can learn more about Unicode version 7.0.0 at the official specification page at: http://unicode.org/versions/Unicode7.0.0/.

At the time this book was published, the most recent Unicode standard was version 10.0.0, released on June 20, 2017. Interestingly, the Java 9 platform will support Unicode version 7.0.0, but not the more recent version 10.0.0 of the Unicode standard. In addition to the two Unicode specifications listed here, from version 7.0.0, will not be implemented by the Java 9 platform:

  • Unicode Technical Standard #10 (UTS #10)
    • Unicode collation algorithm: details how to compare Unicode strings
  • Unicode Technical Standard #46 (UTS #46)
    • Unicode Internationalizing Domain Names for Applications...