AnyLogic release with Java 11

AnyLogic 8.8.0 is now released and available for download.

And so, the time has come. In AnyLogic 8.8.0 we’ve switched the API (“language level”) from Java 8 to Java 11. In some of the previous software releases, we already started shipping AnyLogic with Java 11 Runtime Environment.

However, the models built in those AnyLogic versions were compiled in a “Java 8 way”. Thanks to this, you could run your models in Java 8 environments, for example, in the AnyLogic Private Cloud versions below 2.3.0.

Additionally, the AnyLogic 8.8.0 release comes with enhancements for Material Handling, Process Modeling, and Rail Libraries — see the complete list in the release notes →

Java-related changes in this release will be useful for developers and those working with code in AnyLogic. Let's take a closer look.

Language feature

Java 11 introduced a language feature — the ability to use the var keyword which had initially appeared in Java 10. This change makes your code simpler:

var list = List.of("a", "b"); 
    

instead of

List<String> list = List.of("a", "b");
    

Developer features

Easy creation of collections

Set.of("a", "b")
    

instead of

new HashSet<>(Arrays.asList("a", "b"))
    

Converting a collection to an array

This makes it easier to create an array of the right type from a collection:

list.toArray(String[]::new)
    

instead of

list.toArray(new String[list.size()])
    

New String methods

These methods reduce the amount of boilerplate-code involved in manipulating string objects and save you from having to import libraries. The methods include:

isBlank() — checks for empty and whitespaces-only strings
lines() — allows iteration over text lines using Stream API, for example:

var max = text.lines()
      .mapToDouble(Double::parseDouble)
      .max();
    

Strings from files

It is now easier to read and write Strings from files:

var filePath = Path.of("my_file.txt");
Files.writeString(filePath, "Some text");
var textFromFile = Files.readString(filePath);
    

New advanced functions

Experienced developers can now benefit from convenient API of Optional and Stream classes:

Optional.isEmpty(), Optional.or(alternative), 
Optional.stream(), Stream.takeWhile(), Stream.iterate()
         

Download AnyLogic 8.8.0 from our website or update it from within the software.