Chapter 7. Technology preview

This section lists features and extensions that are available as Technology Preview in Red Hat build of Quarkus 1.11.

Important

These features are for Technology Preview only. Technology Preview features are not supported with Red Hat production service level agreements (SLAs), might not be functionally complete, and Red Hat does not recommend to use them for production. These features provide early access to upcoming product features, enabling customers to test functionality and provide feedback during the development process.

For more information on Red Hat Technology Preview features, see Technology Preview Features Scope.

7.1. Technology Preview Features

7.1.1. Packaging Quarkus application as a fast-jar

The fast-jar packaging format is an alternative to the default JAR packaging format that provides faster startup times for your applications. You can enable fast-jar packaging by setting the following property in the application.properties file of your project:

application.properties

quarkus.package.type=fast-jar

Alternatively, you can append the -Dquarkus.package.type=fast-jar property to the command that you use to package your application:

mvn clean package -Dquarkus.package.type=fast-jar

7.2. Technology Preview extensions and dependencies

For a list of extensions and dependencies available as Technology Preview in Red Hat build of Quarkus 1.11, see the Red Hat build of Quarkus Component Details page (login required).