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Celebrating the Java 12 Launch – Shaping the Future of Java, Faster!

As you should already know, the Java SE Platform and the JDK have moved to a rapid, six-month release cadence, with Java 12 launching on March 19, 2019.  Come celebrate this release with an overview of what’s new, and see a deeper dive on some of the new features such as switch expressions and the new GC enhancements.  We’ll also take a peek at some of the features under development at OpenJDK for future releases and discuss when we might see them in production!Photo by Christopher Czermak on Unsplash

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Super Charge the Module Aware Service Loader in Java 11

Uday Tatiraju describes the service loading mechanism in Java and the changes made to it in order to support the native Java module system. Tatiraju also discusses an experimental library called Susel that can assist developers in building modular and extensible applications that leverage the native Java module system. The library removes the boilerplate code required to locate and load services.