Understanding OpenJDK projects

OpenJDK projects aim to deliver some kind of an artefact, which can be a source code, documentation, or something else. Projects are sponsored by one or more OpenJDK groups. By their nature, projects are much more short-lived than groups and often can cover the implementation of JEPs or JSRs.

How to do it…

This recipe takes you through some sources of information that are available about OpenJDK projects and gives some high-level information about them:

  1. Similar to OpenJDK Groups, there is a web page that gives some definitions about the projects and defines how they function. This page is available at http://openjdk.java.net/projects/. Among the list of procedures, you will find the following:
    • Becoming an Author
    • Appointing ...

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