New candidate JEP: 500: Prepare to Make Final Mean Final
Mark Reinhold
mark.reinhold at oracle.com
Tue Sep 16 16:30:34 UTC 2025
https://openjdk.org/jeps/500
Summary: Issue warnings about uses of deep reflection to mutate
final fields. These warnings aim to prepare developers for a future
release that ensures integrity by default by restricting final field
mutation, which will make Java programs safer and potentially faster.
Application developers can avoid both current warnings and future
restrictions by selectively enabling the ability to mutate final fields
where essential.
- Mark
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