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OpenJDK Cookbook

You're reading from   OpenJDK Cookbook Over 80 recipes to build and extend your very own version of Java platform using OpenJDK project

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Product type Paperback
Published in Jan 2015
Last Updated in Feb 2025
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ISBN-13 9781849698405
Length 298 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Preface 1. Getting Started with OpenJDK FREE CHAPTER 2. Building OpenJDK 6 3. Building OpenJDK 7 4. Building OpenJDK 8 5. Building IcedTea 6. Building IcedTea with Other VM Implementations 7. Working with WebStart and the Browser Plugin 8. Hacking OpenJDK 9. Testing OpenJDK 10. Contributing to OpenJDK 11. Troubleshooting 12. Working with Future Technologies 13. Build Automation Index

Introduction

OpenJDK 6 is a free and open source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition Version 6. Currently, this project is actively maintained by the community with the leading role held by Red Hat, Inc.

Among all Java Platform versions, Java 6 had the longest lifetime. Its Reference Implementation Sun Java 6 was released in December 2006, and OpenJDK 7, the Reference Implementation of the next version of the Java Platform, wasn't out until July 2011. During these 5 years, a lot of applications were built on this platform version.

Also, during these years the authors of Reference Implementation, Sun Microsystems, were acquired by the Oracle Corporation, and so the product was renamed Oracle Java. In February 2013, Oracle ended public support for Oracle Java 6, but it didn't mean the end of Java 6: Red Hat, Inc. took the leading role in OpenJDK 6 and now it continues to release new versions on a regular basis.

The OpenJDK 6 codebase differs greatly from both Oracle...

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