Java_11_Features - ALL

 Table of Contents 

11.1. New String Methods:

11.2. New File Methods

11.3. Pattern Recognizing Methods

11.4. Epsilon Garbage Collector

11.5. Removed the Java EE and CORBA modules

11.6. Removal of thread functions

11.7. TimeUnit Conversion

11.8. Local-Variable Syntax for Lambda Parameters

11.9 Removed Features and Options

11.10 Deprecated Features and Options

11.11 Miscellaneous Changes

 

Important Changes and Information

• The deployment stack required for running applets and web applications has been removed from JDK which was deprecated in JDK 9.

• An entire section of supported browsers has been removed from the list of supported configurations due to the unavailability of the deployment stack.

• Auto-update has been removed from JRE installations in Windows and macOS.

• JavaFX and Java Mission Control is now available as a separate download.

• Java language translation for French, German, Italian, Korean, Portuguese (Brazilian), Spanish, and Swedish is no longer provided.

• In this version, JRE or Server JRE is no longer offered. Only JDK is offered.

• Updated packaging format for Windows has changed from tar.gz to .zip

• Updated package format for macOS has changed from .app to .dmg

11.1. New String Methods:

isBlank(): This is a boolean method. It just returns true when a string is empty and vice-versa.

• Java

// Java Program to demonstrate // the working of isBlank() method   class GFG {     public static void main(String args[])     {         String str1 = "";         System.out.println(str1.isBlank());           String str2 = "Veer";         System.out.println(str2.isBlank());     } }

Output

true
false

lines(): This method is to return a collection of strings that are divided by line terminators.

• Java

// Java Program to demonstrate // the working of lines() method   import java.util.*;   class GFG {     public static void main(String args[])     {         String str = "Geeks\nFor\nGeeks";         System.out.println(             str.lines().collect(Collectors.toList()));     } }

Output

Geeks
For
Geeks

repeat(n): Result is the concatenated string of original string repeated the number of times in the argument.

• Java

// Java Program to demonstrate // the working of repeat() method   class GFG {     public static void main(String args[])     {         String str = "Veer";         System.out.println(str.repeat(4));     } }

Output

VeerVeerVeerVeer

stripLeading(): It is used to remove the white space which is in front of the string

• Java

// Java Program to demonstrate // the working of stripLeading() method   class GFG {     public static void main(String args[])     {         String str = " Veer";         System.out.println(str.stripLeading());     } }

Output

Veer

stripTrailing(): It is used to remove the white space which is in the back of the string

• Java

// Java Program to demonstrate // the working of stripTrailing() method   class GFG {     public static void main(String args[])     {         String str = "Veer ";         System.out.println(str.stripTrailing());     } }

Output

Veer

strip(): It is used to remove the white spaces which are in front and back of the string

• Java

// Java Program to demonstrate // the working of strip() method   class GFG {     public static void main(String args[])     {         String str = " Veer ";         System.out.println(str.strip());     } }

Output

Veer

11.2. New File Methods

writeString(): This is to write some content in a file.

jshell>Files.writeString(Path.of(example.txt), "Veer!");

readString(): This is used to read the contents of a file.

jshell>Files.readString(Path.of(example.txt));

Output: "Veer!"

isSameFile(): This method is used to know whether two paths locate the same file or not.

jshell>Files.isSameFile(Path.of("example1.txt"), Path.of("example1.txt"));
Output: true

jshell>Files.isSameFile(Path.of("example2.txt"), Path.of("example1.txt"));
Output: false

11.3. Pattern Recognizing Methods

asMatchPredicate(): This method is similar to Java 8 method asPredicate(). Introduced in JDK 11, this method will create a predicate if the pattern matches with the input string.

jshell>var str = Pattern.compile("aba").asMatchPredicate();

jshell>str.test(aabb);
Output: false

jshell>str.test(aba);
Output: true

11.4. Epsilon Garbage Collector

This handles memory allocation but does not have an actual memory reclamation mechanism. Once the available Java heap is exhausted, JVM will shut down. 

Its goals are:- 

• Performance testing
• Memory pressure testing
• last drop latency improvements

11.5. Removed the Java EE and CORBA modules
These modules were deprecated in Java 9 with a declaration to remove those in further JDK versions.

11.6. Removal of thread functions

stop(Throwable obj) and destroy() objects that have been removed from the JDK 11 because they only throw UnSupportedOperation and NoSuchMethodError respectively. Other than that, they were of no use. 

11.7. TimeUnit Conversion

This method is used to convert the given time to a unit like DAY, MONTH, YEAR, and for time too.

jshell>TimeUnit c = TimeUnit.DAYS;
Output: DAYS

jshell>c.convert(Duration.ofHours(24));
Output: 1

jshell>c.convert(Duration.ofHours(50));
Output: 2

Optional.isEmpty(): This method returns true if the value of any object is null and else returns false.

jshell>Optional str = Optional.empty();
jshell>str.isEmpty();
Output: true

jshell>Optional str = Optional.of("TonyStark");
jshell>str.isEmpty();
Output: false

11.8. Local-Variable Syntax for Lambda Parameters

JDK 11 allows ‘var’ to be used in lambda expressions. This was introduced to be consistent with the local ‘var’ syntax of Java 10.

• Java

// Java program to show the Variable // used in the lambda expression   public class VarInLambdaExample {     public static void main(String[] args)     {         IntStream.of(1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)             .filter((var i) -> i % 2 == 0)             .forEach(System.out::println);     } }

Output: 

2
6

• Java

// Variable without using lambda expression   public class WithoutVarInLambdaExample {     public static void main(String[] args)     {         IntStream.of(1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7)             .filter(i -> i % 2 == 0)             .forEach(System.out::println);     } }

Output: 

2
6

11.9 Removed Features and Options

1. Removal of com.sun.awt.AWTUtilities Class
2. Removal of Lucida Fonts from Oracle JDK
3. Removal of appletviewer Launcher
4. Oracle JDK’s javax.imageio JPEG Plugin No Longer Supports Images with alpha
5. Removal of sun.misc.Unsafe.defineClass
6. Removal of Thread.destroy() and Thread.stop(Throwable) Methods
7. Removal of sun.nio.ch.disableSystemWideOverlappingFileLockCheck Property
8. Removal of sun.locale.formatasdefault Property
9. Removal of JVM-MANAGEMENT-MIB.mib
10. Removal of SNMP Agent
11. Removal of Java Deployment Technologies
12. Removal of JMC from the Oracle JDK
13. Removal of JavaFX from the Oracle JDK
14. JEP 320 Remove the Java EE and CORBA Modules

11.10 Deprecated Features and Options 

1. ThreadPoolExecutor Should Not Specify a Dependency on Finalization
2. JEP 335 Deprecate the Nashorn JavaScript Engine
3. Deprecate -XX+AggressiveOpts
4. Obsolete Support for Commercial Features
5. Deprecate Stream-Based GSSContext Methods
6. JEP 336 Deprecate the Pack200 Tools and API

11.11 Miscellaneous Changes

• New ChaCha20 and ChaCha20-Poly1305 cipher implementations replace the insecure RC4 stream cipher

• Support for cryptographic key agreement with Curve25519 and Curve448 replace the existing ECDH scheme

• Upgraded Transport Layer Security (TLS) to version 1.3 brings security and performance improvements

• Introduced a low latency garbage collector, ZGC, as an experimental feature with low pause times

• Support for Unicode 10 brings more characters, symbols, and emojis