JSR 393 (Java SE 18): JEP Proposed to Target: 400: UTF-8 by Default

[Iris Clark]

The following JEP with scope "SE" has been proposed to target JDK 18:

  400: UTF-8 by Default
       https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/400

  Summary: Specify UTF-8 as the default charset of the standard Java
  APIs.  With this change, APIs that depend upon the default charset
  will behave consistently across all implementations, operating systems,
  locales, and configurations.

The announced deadline for feedback to jdk-dev is Wed 25 Aug 23:59 UTC:

    https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-August/005953.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.java.net/jeps/1

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

    https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/18/spec/

Thanks,
Iris