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:
* 2021/07/15 Rampdown Phase Two
* 2021/08/05 Initial Release Candidate
* 2021/08/19 Final Release Candidate
* 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:
* JEP 306: Restore Always-Strict Floating-Point
Semantics<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/306>
* JEP 356: Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number
Generators<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356>
* JEP 382: New macOS Rendering
Pipeline<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/382>
* JEP 391: macOS/AArch64 Port<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/391>
* JEP 398: Deprecate the Applet API for
Removal<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/398>
* JEP 403: Strongly Encapsulate JDK
Internals<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/403>
* JEP 406: Pattern Matching for switch
(Preview)<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/406>
* JEP 407: Remove RMI Activation<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/407>
* JEP 409: Sealed Classes<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/409>
* JEP 410: Remove the Experimental AOT and JIT
Compiler<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/410>
* JEP 411: Deprecate the Security Manager for
Removal<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/411>
* JEP 412: Foreign Function & Memory API
(Incubator)<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/412>
* JEP 414: Vector API (Second
Incubator)<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/414>
* 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
* These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
* 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
OpenJDK 18 Early Access build 6 is available at https://jdk.java.net/18
* These early-access , open-source builds are provided under the
* 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
* Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
* JDK-8269697: JNI_GetPrimitiveArrayCritical() should not accept object
array [build 6]
* JDK-8253119: Remove the legacy PlainSocketImpl and
PlainDatagramSocketImpl implementation [build 6]
* JDK-8268960: Prohibit Null for Header Keys and Values in
com.sun.net.httpserver.Headers [build 5]
* 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/>
Regards
Deepak
[1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-July/005752.html
