# Deployment Framework 8 release highlights

The Deployment Framework 8 includes a fast configuration reader that can accelerate startup of Java adapters and an improved `**dump**` command that records environment variables.

## Faster Java adapter start up

The Deployment Framework 8 includes a fast configuration reader that can accelerate Java adapter start up. The Deployment Framework can now read a Java Adapter’s configuration without the overhead of starting a Java virtual machine.

To take advantage of this optimisation, modify your Java adapter blade’s `start-jar.sh` script to handle configuration queries by calling the new dedicated configuration reader.

<details>
<summary>Example modified start-jar.sh </summary>

For an example modified `start-jar.sh`, see [start-jar.sh](https://github.com/caplin/project-templates/blob/master/pricing-template/blade/DataSource/bin/start-jar.sh) in the **pricing-template** of the [Caplin Project Templates](https://github.com/caplin/project-templates) project on GitHub.

**pricing-template/blade/DataSource/bin/start-jar.sh**

```bash
#!/bin/bash
#
# Start the Pricing Template Java Adapter.
#
# $1 - Path to java executable
# $2 - Path to datasource config file
# $3 - Path to fields config file
# $4 - Java definitions ( optional )
#
# Returns the process id of the Java process.
#

BLADENAME=@adapterName@

if [ "$1" = "CONFREADER" ]; then
   shift
   machine=`uname -m`
   CONFREADER_BINARY="${CONFIG_BASE}/../tools/DataSource/bin/configreader-$machine"
   if [[ -f $CONFREADER_BINARY ]]; then
       "${CONFREADER_BINARY}" "$@" 2> /dev/null
       exit $?
   fi
   java -cp "${BINARY_ROOT}/lib/*" com.caplin.datasource.DataSource "$@"
   exit $?
else
   jar=$(ls "${BINARY_ROOT}"/lib/${BLADENAME}*.jar|head -1)
   echo "Jar: ${jar}"
   if [[ -n $START_FOREGROUND_NOLOGS ]] ; then
      java $CAPLIN_BLADE_JAVA_OPTIONS -jar "$jar" "$@" > "$LOGDIR"/java-$BLADENAME.log 2>&1
   elif [[ -n $START_FOREGROUND ]] ; then
      java $CAPLIN_BLADE_JAVA_OPTIONS -jar "$jar" "$@" --foreground-logs=true
   else
      java $CAPLIN_BLADE_JAVA_OPTIONS -jar "$jar" "$@" 2> "$LOGDIR"/java-$BLADENAME.log >/dev/null &
   fi
   echo $!
fi
```
</details>

## Improved configuration snapshots

The Deployment Framework CLI’s [dump](cdf-the-deployment-framework-command-utility-dfw.md#dump) command produces a definitive snapshot of active configuration. From Deployment Framework 8, the [dump](cdf-the-deployment-framework-command-utility-dfw.md#dump) command’s snapshot now includes a record of the shell’s environment variables, providing a more complete record of the configuration of a deployment.