After Oracle released Java 8 in spring 2014, developers are now focusing on version 9, which will probably appear in 2016. The biggest change is the modularization of the source code of the Java platform, which has been discussed for quite some time under the name Project Jigsaw.
In practical terms, the point is to modify the Java Standard Edition (JSE) so that it runs on smaller devices with lower power. However, developers do not want to make any concessions in terms of performance or security. In order to achieve this, they want to put together different downgraded Java SE bundles which are adapted to a device’s capabilities. In addition, it is expected to produce a modular base platform that can adapt to virtually any hardware configuration by flexibly reloading the required libraries.