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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

Simplified Doclet API [JEP-221]


The Doclet API and Javadoc are closely related. Javadoc is a documentation tool and the Doclet API provides functionality so that we can inspect the javadoc comments embedded at the source-levels of libraries and programs. In this section, we will review the pre-Java 9 status of the Doclet API and then explore the changes introduced to the Doclet API in the Java 9 platform. In the following section, we will review Javadoc.

The pre-Java 9 Doclet API

The pre-Java 9 Doclet API, or the com.sun.javadoc package, gives us access to look at javadoc comments located in the source code. Invoking a Doclet is accomplished by using the start method. That method's signature is public static boolean start(RootDoc root). We will use the RootDoc instance as a container for the program structure information.

In order to call javadoc, we need to pass the following:

  • Package names
  • Source file names (for classes and interfaces)
  • An access control option--one of the following:
    • package
    • private...