Hi Mark,
*Per the JDK 17 schedule , we are in Rampdown Phase Two [1].*
*Please advise if you find any issues while testing the latest Early
Access builds.*
* Schedule:
o *2021/07/15 Rampdown Phase Two*
o 2021/08/05 Initial Release Candidate
o 2021/08/19 Final Release Candidate
o 2021/09/14 General Availability
The overall feature set is frozen. No further JEPs will be targeted to
this release.
* Features integrated in JDK 17:
o JEP 306: Restore Always-Strict Floating-Point Semantics
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/306>
o JEP 356: Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356>
o JEP 382: New macOS Rendering Pipeline
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/382>
o JEP 391: macOS/AArch64 Port <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/391>
o JEP 398: Deprecate the Applet API for Removal
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/398>
o JEP 403: Strongly Encapsulate JDK Internals
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/403>
o JEP 406: Pattern Matching for switch (Preview)
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/406>
o JEP 407: Remove RMI Activation <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/407>
o JEP 409: Sealed Classes <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/409>
o JEP 410: Remove the Experimental AOT and JIT Compiler
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/410>
o JEP 411: Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/411>
o JEP 412: Foreign Function & Memory API (Incubator)
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/412>
o JEP 414: Vector API (Second Incubator)
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/414>
o JEP 415: Context-Specific Deserialization Filters
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/415>
*
*
*OpenJDK 17 Early Access build 31 is available at
**https://jdk.java.net/17* <https://jdk.java.net/17>
* These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
o GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
Exception <https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>
* Release Notes are available at https://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes
<https://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes>
*
*
*OpenJDK 18 Early Access build 6 is available at *
*https://jdk.java.net/18* <https://jdk.java.net/18>
* These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
o GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
Exception <https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>
* Release Notes are available at https://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes
<https://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes>
* Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
o JDK-8269697: JNI_GetPrimitiveArrayCritical() should not accept
object array [build 6]
o JDK-8253119: Remove the legacy PlainSocketImpl and
PlainDatagramSocketImpl implementation [build 6]
o JDK-8268960: Prohibit Null for Header Keys and Values in
com.sun.net.httpserver.Headers [build 5]
o JDK-8256425: Obsolete Biased Locking in JDK 18 [build 4]
*Topics of Interest: *
* ‘Inside Java’ Podcast #18: Java's steady march towards strong
encapsulation <https://inside.java/2021/06/29/podcast-018/>
Rgds,Rory
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