From iris.clark at oracle.com Mon Nov 1 21:21:10 2021 From: iris.clark at oracle.com (Iris Clark) Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 21:21:10 +0000 Subject: New Candidate JEP: 421: Deprecate Finalization for Removal Message-ID: The following JEP with scope "SE" has been moved to the Candidate state: 421: Deprecate Finalization for Removal https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/421 Summary: Deprecate finalization for removal in a future release. Finalization remains enabled by default for now, but can be disabled to facilitate early testing. In a future release it will be disabled by default, and in a later release it will be removed. Maintainers of libraries and applications that rely upon finalization should consider migrating to other resource management techniques such as the try-with-resources statement and cleaners. A JEP in the Candidate state is a feature deemed worthy of consideration by the JDK Project, but with no commitment to deliver the feature in any particular release of the JDK Project. Later, the JEP may be moved to the Targeted state, which indicates that the feature is expected to appear in a specific release of the JDK Project. For more information about states, see the JEP Process document: https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/1 A JEP with "SE" scope that reaches the Targeted state will be listed in the Specification of the Java SE Platform JSR which corresponds to the targeted JDK Project release. 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 From iris.clark at oracle.com Tue Nov 16 02:59:39 2021 From: iris.clark at oracle.com (Iris Clark) Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 02:59:39 +0000 Subject: JSR 393 (Java SE 18): JEP Proposed to Target: 420: Pattern Matching for switch (Second Preview) Message-ID: The following JEP with scope "SE" has been proposed to target JDK 18: 420: Pattern Matching for switch (Second Preview) https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/420 Summary: Enhance the Java programming language with pattern matching for switch expressions and statements, along with extensions to the language of patterns. Extending pattern matching to switch allows an expression to be tested against a number of patterns, each with a specific action, so that complex data-oriented queries can be expressed concisely and safely. The announced deadline for feedback to jdk-dev is Tue 23 Nov 23:59 UTC: https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-November/006252.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