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© Kishori Sharan 2017

Kishori Sharan, Java 9 Revealed, 10.1007/978-1-4842-2592-9_20

20. Other Changes in JDK 9

Kishori Sharan¹

(1)Montgomery, Alabama, USA

In this chapter, you will learn:

The underscore as a new keyword
Improved syntax for using try-with-resources blocks
How to use the diamond operator in anonymous classes
How to use private methods in interfaces
How to use the @SafeVarargs annotation on private methods
How to discard outputs of sub-processes
How to use new methods in the Math and StrictMath classes
How to use stream of Optionals and other new operations on Optionals
How to use spin-wait hints
The enhancements to the Time API and the Matcher and Objects classes
How to compare arrays and slices of arrays
The enhancements to the Javadoc and how ...

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