Re: JDK 9 EA Build 167 and JDK 8u152 build 03 are available on jdk.java.net

2017-05-02 Thread Rory O'Donnell
Hi Mark, Can you bring this question to the jigsaw-dev mailing list, that's probably the best place to bring it up. Rgds,Rory On 28/04/2017 15:07, Mark Thomas wrote: Rory, I need some advice. Various articles I have read about Jigsaw state that Java 9 will include a new API for applicati

Re: JDK 9 EA Build 167 and JDK 8u152 build 03 are available on jdk.java.net

2017-05-02 Thread Rory O'Donnell
Hi Mark, Sorry for the delay in replying, long weekend break. I will look into this and get back to you. Rgds,Rory On 28/04/2017 15:07, Mark Thomas wrote: Rory, I need some advice. Various articles I have read about Jigsaw state that Java 9 will include a new API for applications to use to

Re: JDK 9 EA Build 167 and JDK 8u152 build 03 are available on jdk.java.net

2017-04-28 Thread Mark Thomas
Rory, I need some advice. Various articles I have read about Jigsaw state that Java 9 will include a new API for applications to use to obtain information about any annotations that are present on classes. It looks like Tomcat will need to use this for some of the annotation scanning it currently

JDK 9 EA Build 167 and JDK 8u152 build 03 are available on jdk.java.net

2017-04-28 Thread Rory O'Donnell
Hi Mark, *JDK 9 Early Access* build 167 is available at the new location : - jdk.java.net/9/ A summary of all the changes in this build are listed here . One change that maybe of interest is : *JEP 291: Deprecate the Concur