Make room, Oracle, SAP, and different Java distributors. E-commerce vendor Alibaba now has its personal Java distribution too, the open supply Dragonwell8 Java Development Kit (JDK).
The beta Alibaba DragonwellEight relies on OpenJDK and Java SE (Standard Edition) 8. It is much like the Amazon Corretto Java construct and the Azul Zulu Java platform. Currently, Allibaba solely works with Intel x86-64 Linux methods, with a concentrate on stability and enhancements for large-scale Java functions in knowledge facilities. A Dragonwell launch is deliberate for each quarter. Dragonwell 11, primarily based on Java SE 11, is due by 2020.
Dragonwell8’s options embody:
- CMS (
-XX:+UseConcMarkSweep) serves because the default rubbish collector. - Java Flight Recorder, backported from JDK 11.
- Servicing capabilities, together with the
ArrayAllocationWarningSizechoice for printing the calling stack of an array allocation. - JWarmup pre-compiliation.
Like SAP’s SapMachine Java variant, Dragonwell is described by Alibaba as a “friendly fork,” supplied underneath the identical phrases as OpenJDK. Dragonwell was derived from the Alibaba/Alipay JDK, which helps the corporate’s Taobao web site, Ant Financial monetary companies, and Cainiao logistics. Alibaba is contributing know-how developed for Dragonwell again to OpenJDK at massive, together with a preview of Java Flight Recorder and JWarmup.
Where to obtain Dragonwell8
You can obtain DragonwellEight from GitHub.
