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Java 9: Building Robust Modular Applications
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Java 9: Building Robust Modular Applications

by Dr. Edward Lavieri, Peter Verhas, Jason Lee
April 2018
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
910 pages
33h 21m
English
Packt Publishing
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Additional significance

As previously stated, JDK 8 supports Unicode 6.2. Version 6.3 was released on September 30, 2013 with the following listed highlights:

  • Bidirectional behavior improvements
  • Improved Unihan data
  • Better support for Hebrew

Version 7.0.0, released on June 16, 2014, introduced the following changes:

  • Added 2,834 characters
    • Increased support for Azerbaijan, Russian, and high German dialects
    • Pictographic symbols
    • Historic scripts for several countries and regions
  • Updates to the Unicode bidirectional algorithm
  • Nearly 3,000 new Cantonese pronunciation entries
  • Major enhancements to the Indic script properties

The vast changes to Unicode with version 6.3 and 7.0.0 underscores the importance of the Java 9 platform supporting ...

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