What benefits an Enterprise Application can get by upgrading Java 8 to Java 12?

What benefits an Enterprise Application can get by upgrading Java 8 to Java 12?

Java is a popular programming language used to develop mobile, desktop and web applications. Its an open-source and secure language that is compatible with different platforms like Windows, Mac, and Linux. The best thing about Java is its regular upgrades, on an average basis after every 6 months a new upgrade is available. The current version is Java 12 and most developers are moving to it. Most of the enterprise Java applications are running on Java 8 and moving to the latest version will give them more features to integrate. In this blog post, we are going to look at that only:

Benefits of Upgrade

1. Availability of Latest Features

For developers, the best thing that comes with each update is the latest features or APIs that helps in quality Java web development. Since Java 8 also hosts plenty of innovative features and tools that are quite new for some developers. But the key features that developers will get from Java 12 to make their development work easier are mentioned below:

• Local Variable Type Interface

• Convenience Factory Methods for Collections

• Predicate:: not

• Multi Release Jar Files

• New methods on Optional

2. Performance

With every latest release, the performance is improved than the previous one. Improvement is done on numerous parameters, but in recent releases, a number of improvements were observed regarding startup time, reduction in memory usage, and implementation of particular CPU instructions that output a code that uses fewer CPU cycles. Java 12 came with some crucial changes and improvements in Garbage Collection like modifications in the default Garbage collector. Three new experimental Garbage Collectors are also introduced to developers. Each garbage collector is optimized for different use cases, giving developers a choice to use them to have the best functionality that suits their web application.

3. Advance Security

Java is a really popular and highly used programming language. With every release, some improvement is made in the security standards. Earlier freeing memory was quite complicated, but with the latest version, it greatly reduces the burden of the programmer. Programmers usually forget to free memory, so with the latest version freeing memory has become the responsibility of JVM. The other change made was the elimination of pointers. Through pointers, memory locations can be referred to do unauthorized read and write activities. This can lead to security breaches. That is why Java doesn’t have the concept of the pointers. So a developer can’t point any memory locations of other applications.

4. Write Once and Run Anywhere (WORA)

This feature is related to programs that hold the capability to run on any operating systems. This concept is not new for Java 12, but some changes are made in WORA as it is integrated with the latest version. As per this concept, the same code can work with any machine and thus the source code must be portable. Thus, Java gives freedom to developers to write code on any device and use it on another one irrespective of the hardware.

5. Switch Expressions

Switch Expressions will improve the coding standard by enabling the developer to use it as a statement or an expression. This will help in understanding the code easily and also give the way for the use of pattern matching. Java developers use pattern matching to fix issues with the current switch statement. In Java previous version, the switch statement was used to write low-level codes and by default implements the fall-through semantics. One thing that is very admiring is that it does not have any impact on the backward compatibility, thus developer does not have to change any code having a switch statement.

Conclusion:

Lots of things have changed in the latest version of Java 12. The best thing is, it releases a new version every 6 months for the developers. Some features are quite interesting and innovative for the developers. Java 12 will completely replace Java 8 as the latest version, it is a good time to migrate your application to the latest version. If you are looking for reliable Java development services, Java India builds applications by integrating the latest version as per the trends. Our team is skilled and experienced to handle any sort of challenges.