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.

• root

• corba

• hotspot

• jaxp

• jaxws

• jdk

• langtools

• 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
...