Custom Compact Number Patterns with JDK 12 Compact Number Formatting

The post “Compact Number Formatting Comes to JDK 12” has been the subject of discussion on a java subreddit thread.…

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JDK 13: What AggressiveOpts?

The Java VM flag -XX:+AggressiveOpts was deprecated in JDK 11 [see JDK-8199777 and JDK-8199778] “because its behavior is ill-defined.” The…

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Running JAXB xjc Compiler with OpenJDK 11

As described in the post “APIs To Be Removed from Java 11,” a JAXB implementation is no longer included with…

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Using Minimum Fractional Digits with JDK 12 Compact Number Formatting

The post “Compact Number Formatting Comes to JDK 12” demonstrated the support added to NumberFormat in JDK 12 to support…

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Parsing Value from StreamCorruptedException: invalid stream header Message

It is a relatively common occurrence to see StreamCorruptedExceptions thrown with a “reason” that states, “invalid stream header” and then…

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Restarting Java’s Raw String Literals Discussion

It was announced in December 2018 that raw string literals would be dropped from JDK 12. Now, in the new year, discussion related…

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Compact Number Formatting Comes to JDK 12

JDK 12 Early Access Build 24 introduces support for Compact Number Formatting. The JDK-8188147 (Compact Number Formatting support) CSR‘s “Summary” is the simple…

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The Brief but Complicated History of JDK 12’s String::transform Method

It was recently proposed that the Java preview feature Raw String Literals (JEP 326) be removed from JDK 12 and…

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Dropping Raw String Literals from JDK 12

It has been proposed that raw string literals (preview) be dropped from JDK 12 (which enters Rampdown Phase One on…

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