Understanding OpenJDK groups

OpenJDK groups look at wide areas of OpenJDK and define what projects are required to support these areas. For example, the Compiler Group's sponsored project Coin added new language features in JDK7, and the HotSpot Group's sponsored project Graal makes VM functionality available via a set of APIs. The groups usually have a much longer life than the projects and do not appear and disappear very often.

Getting ready

All that is required is a computer with access to the Internet, a web browser, and some patience.

How to do it…

The following steps demonstrate documentation and some examples of groups on OpenJDK. They'll also show what groups are, how they are managed, created, and what they do:

  1. To become familiar with the ...

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