Java 17: Features and Development - Inside Java Newscast #6

Java 17, the next long-term support release, enters feature freeze and the release preparations begin today (June 10th). A good time to take a closer look at the list of JEPs as well as the development process.

Show Notes

JDK 17 JEPs:

• JDK 17 EA builds

• JDK 17

• JEP 409: Sealed Classes

• JEP 406: Pattern Matching for switch

• JEP 415: Context Specific Deserialization Filters

• JEP 356: Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators

• JEP 306: Restore Always-Strict Floating-Point Semantics

• JEP 382 and JEP 391

• nostalgia: JEP 398, JEP 407, JEP 410, and JEP 411

• Inside Java Newscast #5 on security manager removal

• JEP 403: Strongly Encapsulate JDK Internals

• Project Panama: JEP 412 and JEP 414

• Inside Java Podcast #7

• Vector API: SIMD Programming in Java - Sandhya Viswanathan and Paul Sandoz

• Inside Java Newscast #2

JDK 17 release process:

• JEP 3: JDK Release Process

• JDK Bug System

• OpenJDK on GitHub

Additional Resources

• dev.java: the destination for Java developers

• OpenJDK: the place to collaborate on the Java Platform and related projects

• Oracle Java: the #1 programming language and development platform

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