12/10/2018 JPPF 6.1-alpha release notes

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New features highlights

Java 8 upgrade

• as of this version, JPPF is now built and runs with Java 8 or later
• the source code no longer compiles or runs with Java 7
• the JPPFJob API was updated to facilitate the submission of tasks as lambdas

Client connection concurrency

• connections from a client to a driver can now handle an unlimited number of concurrent jobs
• in other words, multiple connections are no longer required to achieve job concurrency
• the concurrency level for all connections in a pool can be updated statically or dynamically
• the jobs concurrentcy documentation and sample were updated accordingly

Embedded drivers and nodes

• it is now possible to start a driver and or a node programmatically
• a driver and node embedded in the same JVM share common resources such as thread pools, JMX remote connector server, NIO acceptor (connections) server, etc.
• a new dedicated sample was implemented

All implemented issues

Features

• JPPF-548 Drop support for JDK 7 and switch to JDK 8 or later
• JPPF-549 Asynchonous communication between server and client
• JPPF-563 Make the JPPF driver and node not singletons
• JPPF-566 New sample: embedded grid

Enhancements

• JPPF-552 Improve job API to enable tasks as lambdas