#BAEL-16633 split Core Java 9 module - improved features

Author: alessiostalla

core-java-modules/core-java-9-improvements/README.md

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+## Core Java 9
+
+This module contains articles about the improvements to core Java features introduced with Java 9.
+
+### Relevant Articles:
+
+- [New Stream Collectors in Java 9](http://www.baeldung.com/java9-stream-collectors)
+- [Java 9 Optional API Additions](https://www.baeldung.com/java-9-optional)
+- [Java 9 Convenience Factory Methods for Collections](https://www.baeldung.com/java-9-collections-factory-methods)
+- [Java 9 Stream API Improvements](https://www.baeldung.com/java-9-stream-api)
+- [Java 9 java.util.Objects Additions](https://www.baeldung.com/java-9-objects-new)
+- [Java 9 CompletableFuture API Improvements](https://www.baeldung.com/java-9-completablefuture)
+
+#### Relevant articles not in this module:
+
+- [Java 9 Process API Improvements](https://www.baeldung.com/java-9-process-api) (see the [core-java-os](/core-java-os) module)
+

core-java-modules/core-java-9-improvements/pom.xml

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+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>core-java-9</artifactId>
+    <version>0.2-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>core-java-9</name>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.jayway.awaitility</groupId>
+            <artifactId>awaitility</artifactId>
+            <version>${awaitility.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+            <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+            <version>${guava.version}</version>
+        </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit-platform-runner</artifactId>
+            <version>${junit.platform.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <finalName>core-java-9</finalName>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <source>${maven.compiler.source}</source>
+                    <target>${maven.compiler.target}</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <pluginRepositories>
+        <pluginRepository>
+            <id>apache.snapshots</id>
+            <url>http://repository.apache.org/snapshots/</url>
+        </pluginRepository>
+    </pluginRepositories>
+
+    <properties>
+        <!-- testing -->
+        <assertj.version>3.10.0</assertj.version>
+        <junit.platform.version>1.2.0</junit.platform.version>
+        <awaitility.version>1.7.0</awaitility.version>
+        <maven.compiler.source>1.9</maven.compiler.source>
+        <maven.compiler.target>1.9</maven.compiler.target>
+        <guava.version>25.1-jre</guava.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>