Per the JDK 16 schedule , we are in the Release Candidate Phase [1] .
Please advise if you find any issues while testing the latest Early Access
builds.
* Schedule for JDK 16
* 2021/02/04 Initial Release Candidate
* 2021/02/18 Final Release Candidate
* 2021/03/16 General Availability
* Release Notes [2]
OpenJDK 16 Early Access build 35 is now available at http://jdk.java.net/16
* These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU General
Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
Exception<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.
* Features [3] - the overall feature set is frozen. No further JEPs will be
targeted to this release.
* Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
* Build 34:
* JDK-8259025: Record compact constructor using Objects.requireNonNull
* Reported by JUnit5
* Build 32:
* JDK-8259014: Incomplete support for Unix domain sockets in Windows
2019 Server
* JDK 16 - topics of interest:
* Unix domain socket channels (JEP-380) overview:
https://inside.java/2021/02/03/jep380-unix-domain-sockets-channels/
* Java Feature Spotlight: Pattern Matching
https://inside.java/2021/01/22/feature-spotlight-pattern-matching/
* Foreign Memory Access - Pulling all the thread
https://inside.java/2021/01/25/memory-access-pulling-all-the-threads/
* General – topic of interest:
* Inside Java Episode 11 “How to contribute to OpenJDK” with Stuart
Marks and Jesper Wilhelmsson
https://inside.java/2021/01/29/podcast-011/
Project Lanai EA 9 Build 17-lanai+2-49 (2021/1/20)<http://jdk.java.net/lanai/>
is available now
* These early-access builds are provided under the GNU General Public
License, version 2, with the Classpath
Exception<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>
* EA builds are intended for developers looking to test and provide
feedback on using Project Lanai.
* This is a macOS-specific project which implements a new Java 2D graphics
rendering pipeline for macOS.
* Project Lanai Wiki: https://wiki.openjdk.java.net/display/lanai/Main
* Please send feedback via e-mail to
lanai-...@openjdk.java.net<mailto:lanai-...@openjdk.java.net>. To send e-mail
to this address you must first subscribe to the mailing
list<https://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/lanai-dev>.
Project Loom Build 17-loom+2-42 (2021/1/14)<http://jdk.java.net/loom/> based on
JDK-17+5<https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/releases/tag/jdk-17%2B5> is available
now
* These early-access builds are provided under the GNU General Public
License, version 2, with the Classpath
Exception<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>
* These builds are intended for developers looking to "kick the tyres" and
provide feedback on using the API or by sending bug reports.
* API Javadoc : https://download.java.net/java/early_access/loom/docs/api/
* Please send feedback via e-mail to
loom-...@openjdk.java.net<mailto:loom-...@openjdk.java.net>. To send e-mail to
this address you must first subscribe to the mailing
list<http://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/loom-dev>.
OpenJDK 17 Early Access build 8 is now available at http://jdk.java.net/17
* These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU General
Public License, version 2, with the Classpath
Exception<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.
* Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
* Build 8:
* JDK-8222850: Misleading cascade compiler error in switch expression
with undefined vars
* Reported by jOOQ.
* JDK-8217633: Configurable extensions with system properties
* JDK-8249867: DOM LSSerializer control of newline after XML header
* JDK-8256421: Added 2 HARICA Root CA Certificates
* JDK-8259801: Enable XML Signature secure validation mode by default
* Build 7:
* JDK-8165276: Spec states to invoke the premain method in an agent
class if it's public but implementation differs
* JDK-8256895: Add support for RFC 8954: Online Certificate Status
Protocol (OCSP) Nonce Extension
* Build 6:
* JDK- 8259048: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2020f
January 2021 Critical Patch Update Released:
* As part of the Jan 2021 CPU we released JDK 15.0.2, JDK 11.0.10 LTS, JDK
8u281, and JDK 7u291 as well as OpenJDK 15.0.2 (publicly available).
Regards
Deepak
[1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-February/005062.html
[2] https://jdk.java.net/16/release-notes
[3] http://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/16/
