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Henning Blohm, 01.01.2018 14:36

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h1. Java 9 Support
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h2. Supporting the Java 9 Language
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We integrate ECJ version 4.7.2 from the download link below. Java 9 is fully supported since 4.7.1a ("New and Noteworthy 4.7.1a":https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/news/4.7.1a/)
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* "JDT Core 4.7.2":http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/R-4.7.2-201711300510/#JDTCORE
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* "New and Noteworthy 4.7.1a":https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/news/4.7.1a/
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* "JDT Core Git":https://git.eclipse.org/c/gerrit/jdt/eclipse.jdt.core.git/
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* "JDT Core main":https://www.eclipse.org/jdt/core/dev.php
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* "Oxygen help":http://help.eclipse.org/oxygen/index.jsp
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We support a new LangLevel.JAVA9 and derive all compiler settings accordingly.
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h2. Supporting the Module System
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The Java 9 module system provides for module level package exports and cross-module dependencies. As such it does not contradict the class loading delegation model but rather adds a dimension to it: Layers
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Supporting the Java 9 module system from Z2 means:
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* A Java Component consists now of up to three layers, one for API, one for impl, one for test.
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* All other module declaration business is out of scope for the Z2 runtime but rather purely development oriented business.