It's been a long wait, but it's finally here: Oracle announced today the general availability of Java SE 9, the Java Platform Enterprise Edition 8 and the Java EE 8 Software Development Kit.

A Java 9 extension to the JAR file format makes it easier for third-party libraries and frameworks to use language and API features from newer Java releases ...

Java 9 introduces the Stack-Walking API as a more performant and capable alternative to the StackTraceElement – and SecurityManager -related APIs.

Oracle has shipped Java 9 and Java EE 8, including support for modularity in Java 9 and a host of other features in both specifications to simplify development.

Oracle's Java Chief Architect Mark Reinhold has proposed delaying the release of Java 9 for 6 months to allow for more complete testing of the modularity features at the heart of the release.

Juices the tooling and support for developers and enterprise customers Canonical has some extra toppings, flavorings, and ...

They are finally pruning away deprecated methods out of Java 9. The deprecated value will now have deprecated meaning.

The module system (Java 9), local variable type inference with var (Java 10), pattern matching (Java 16), and improvements in memory management reinforced Java’s adaptability.

Can you still use the Java programming language for free? What you need to know Your email has been sent There have been notable changes to the licensing and support for the tools Java developers ...

Oracle is now planning to deprecate the Java browser plugin in its JDK 9 release due in September.