Java 10 – Consolidated JDK Forest

JEP 296 – Consolidated JDK Forest as Single Repository

In JDK 9, there are eight module based directories termed as repos.

1. root
2. corba
3. hotspot
4. jaxp
5. jaxws
6. jdk
7. langtools
8. nashorn

Code is organized like −

$ROOT/jdk/src/java.base
...
$ROOT/langtools/src/java.compiler
...

Java 10 onwards, JDK forests are organized into single repository to streamline development. Now code in organized as –

$ROOT/src/java.base
$ROOT/src/java.compiler
...