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Barring further delays, Java 9 will reach general availability status on July 27. Its module system and Java Shell Read-Eval-Print Loop (REPL) tool are receiving considerable attention, but Java 9 also offers additional enhancements that will make this release memorable.

I've created a series of posts that explores some of these other new enhancements. This series attempts to answer at least some of your questions about these offerings. We'll begin by focusing on the new convenience factory methods that have been added to various interfaces in the Java Collections Framework.

Compiling and running series code

I'm using build 154 of the JDK 9 early access release to compile and run all code in this series.

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