What is in Java 9? In addition to Modularity, Java 9 will provide a number of new features that are part of the Java Enhancement Proposals (JEPs) in OpenJDK. In this article, Ben Evans who holds a seat on Java Community Process Executive Committee describes new JEPs “that may well have the biggest impact on developers' working lives during the lifetime of Java 9” as he explains. One of them is the new Java API for HTTP, which will be independent of HTTP versions while supporting the functionality of latest versions like HTTP/2
- A simple HTTP request
- A long-running request to a background VM-managed thread via sendAsync():
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