SE-Radio Episode 316: Nicolai Parlog on Java 9

Nate Black talks with Nicolai Parlog about Java 9. Topics
include: a timeline of Java features; new patterns enabled by
Java 8 lambdas, default interface implementations and how they
enable code evolution; how Java 9 takes this further with private
default methods; an introduction to Java modules: the Java
Platform Module System (JPMS); “launch time” dependency
validation; module “requires” and “exports”: documentation as
code and a new topic for code reviews; how to migrate an existing
codebase to Java 9 and modules; benefits of Java modules:
reliable configuration and a smaller Java runtime; the new Java
release schedule.