Navigating the Java-Mule Migration Express: Embracing Mule 4.6 and Java 17
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The Java Release Train
Java 8 was released in March 2014, almost 10 years back. For most of this time, Java 8 ruled the Java ecosystem. Until the Java Release train was announced [1] in late 2017 – a new, fast-paced release cycle was adopted for Java development. A new version of Java has been released every 6 months since then and a long-term support (LTS) release every 3 years.
Beginning Java 9, Project Jigsaw introduced a new Java Platform Module System (JPMS)[2] which restructured how Java classes are organized and shared. The next LTS version with JPMS was Java 11, released in 2018. Java ecosystem jumped on this release train early on and worked toward adopting the newer versions of Java. For the next couple of years, the migration and upgrades from Java 8 to higher versions continued. Many frameworks and libraries dropped the support for Java 8 to benefit from all the new features added to the language.
The JetBrains Development Ecosystem survey for Java[3] shows the trends in Java version adoptions, Java 17 adoption has been increasing since its release. Java 21 LTS was released in late 2023 but it is too early to visualize its adoption in this.
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