JSR 396 (Java SE 21): JEP Proposed to Target: 445: Unnamed Classes and Instance Main Methods (Preview)

[Iris Clark]

The following JEP with scope "SE" has been proposed to target JDK 21:

  445: Unnamed Classes and Instance Main Methods (Preview)
       https://openjdk.org/jeps/445

  Summary: Evolve the Java language so that students can write their
  first programs without needing to understand language features designed
  for large programs.  Far from using a separate dialect of Java,
  students can write streamlined declarations for single-class programs
  and then seamlessly expand their programs to use more advanced features
  as their skills grow.  This is a preview language feature.

The announced deadline for feedback to jdk-dev is Fri 12 May 23:59 UTC:

    https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jdk-dev/2023-May/007731.html

If there are no unresolved objections at that time, then the JEP will be moved
to the Targeted state, indicating that the feature is expected to appear in
the specified release of the JDK Project.  For more information about states,
see the JEP Process document:

    https://openjdk.org/jeps/1

A dashboard that lists JEPs with "SE" scope may be found via a link on this
page:

    https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/21/spec/

Thanks,
Iris