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//java at present/
■■java.se.ee (aggregator module for the six modules above)
■■jdk.xml.ws (tools for JAX-WS)
■■jdk.xml.bind (tools for JAXB)
These modules have been removed from the JDK, but they continue to be developed by the
Java EE/Jakarta EE community, and newer versions can be downloaded from Maven Central.
More information can be found in JEP 320.Conclusion
Since the move to a six-month release cycle, improvements in Java SE releases have been evo-
lutionary rather than revolutionary. Java 11 continues that trend. All the features, however,
are useful and solid improvements to the platform that will serve developers in the years to
come and help continue to enhance Java’s position as the most popular developer ecosystem
on the planet. </article>Raoul-Gabriel Urma (@raoulUK) is the CEO and cofounder of Cambridge Spark, a leading learning com-
munity for data scientists and developers in the UK. He is also chairman and cofounder of Cambridge Coding
Academy, a community of young coders and students. Urma is coauthor of the best-selling programming
book Java 8 in Action (Manning Publications, 2015). He holds a PhD in computer science from the University
of Cambridge.Richard Warburton (@richardwarburto) is a software engineer, teacher, author, and Java Champion. He is
the cofounder of Opsian.com and has a long-standing passion for improving Java performance. He’s worked
as a developer in HFT, static analysis, compilers, and network protocols. Warburton also is the author of the
best-selling Java 8 Lambdas (O’Reilly Media, 2014) and helps developers learn via Iteratr Learning and at
Pluralsight. He is a regular speaker on the conference circuit and holds a PhD in computer science from the
University of Warwick.