RFR: 8377506: Implementation of PEM Encodings of Cryptographic Objects (Final)

[Jaikiran Pai]

On Wed, 18 Feb 2026 07:37:13 GMT, Jaikiran Pai <jpai at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/javac/PreviewFeature.java line 92:
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>>> 90:         @JEP(number=524, title="PEM Encodings of Cryptographic Objects",
>>> 91:             status="Second Preview")
>>> 92:         PEM_API,
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>> @lahodaj This comes up each time that a feature proposes to become permanent after being in preview. Do we still leave the value in place for one release and then cleanup in release N+1 ?
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> This came up the last time too and Jan explained how to deal with the removal of these constants. I've now added a comment and pinned it to that previous JBS issue at https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8365699?focusedId=14856891&page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanel#comment-14856891

In fact, I just realized that the same detail is available in the source code as comment a few lines above https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/blob/master/src/java.base/share/classes/jdk/internal/javac/PreviewFeature.java#L67

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PR Review Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/29640#discussion_r2820812830