JSR 396 (Java SE 21): JEP Proposed to Target: 442: Foreign Function & Memory API (Third Preview)

[Iris Clark]

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

  442: Foreign Function & Memory API (Third Preview)
       https://openjdk.org/jeps/442

  Summary: Introduce an API by which Java programs can interoperate with
  code and data outside of the Java runtime.  By efficiently invoking
  foreign functions (i.e., code outside the JVM), and by safely accessing
  foreign memory (i.e., memory not managed by the JVM), the API enables
  Java programs to call native libraries and process native data without
  the brittleness and danger of JNI.  This is a preview API.

The announced deadline for feedback to jdk-dev is Fri 21 Apr 23:59 UTC:

    https://mail.openjdk.org/pipermail/jdk-dev/2023-April/007629.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