Java 15 / JDK 15: General Availability

[Mario Torre]

Congratulations!

Cheers,
Mario

On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 3:29 PM <mark.reinhold at oracle.com> wrote:
>
> JDK 15, the reference implementation of Java 15, is now Generally
> Available.  We’ve identified no P1 bugs since we promoted build 36
> over five weeks ago so that’s the official GA release, ready for
> production use.
>
> GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds from Oracle are available here:
>
>   https://jdk.java.net/15
>
> Builds from other implementors will no doubt be available soon.
>
> This release includes fourteen features [1]:
>
>   339: Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA)
>   360: Sealed Classes (Preview)
>   371: Hidden Classes
>   372: Remove the Nashorn JavaScript Engine
>   373: Reimplement the Legacy DatagramSocket API
>   374: Disable and Deprecate Biased Locking
>   375: Pattern Matching for instanceof (Second Preview)
>   377: ZGC: A Scalable Low-Latency Garbage Collector
>   378: Text Blocks
>   379: Shenandoah: A Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector
>   381: Remove the Solaris and SPARC Ports
>   383: Foreign-Memory Access API (Second Incubator)
>   384: Records (Second Preview)
>   385: Deprecate RMI Activation for Removal
>
> along with, as usual, hundreds of smaller enhancements and thousands
> of bug fixes.
>
> Thanks to everyone who contributed to JDK 15, whether by creating
> features or enhancements, fixing bugs, or downloading and testing
> the early-access builds!
>
> - Mark
>
>
> [1] https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/15
>


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Mario Torre
Associate Manager, Software Engineering
Red Hat GmbH <https://www.redhat.com>
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