Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 16 / JDK 16

[Deepak Damodaran]

Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 16 / JDK 16


  *   JDK 16, the reference implementation of Java 16, is now Generally Available. [1]
  *   GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds from Oracle are available here: http://jdk.java.net/16/
  *   JDK 16 Release notes<https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/16-relnotes.html>

JDK 16 includes the following features [2]:

  *   JEP 338: Vector API (Incubator)<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/338>
  *   JEP 347: Enable C++14 Language Features<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/347>
  *   JEP 357: Migrate from Mercurial to Git<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/357>
  *   JEP 369: Migrate to GitHub<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/369>
  *   JEP 376: ZGC: Concurrent Thread-Stack Processing<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/376>
  *   JEP 380: Unix-Domain Socket Channels<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/380>
  *   JEP 386: Alpine Linux Port<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/386>
  *   JEP 387: Elastic Metaspace<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/387>
  *   JEP 388: Windows/AArch64 Port<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/388>
  *   JEP 389: Foreign Linker API (Incubator)<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/389>
  *   JEP 390: Warnings for Value-Based Classes<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/390>
  *   JEP 392: Packaging Tool<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/392>
  *   JEP 393: Foreign-Memory Access API (Third Incubator)<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/393>
  *   JEP 394: Pattern Matching for instanceof<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/394>
  *   JEP 395: Records<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/395>
  *   JEP 396: Strongly Encapsulate JDK Internals by Default<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/396>
  *   JEP 397: Sealed Classes (Second Preview)<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/397>

Thanks to everyone who contributed to JDK 16, whether by creating features or enhancements, logging bugs, or
downloading and testing the early-access builds.

OpenJDK 17 Early Access build 13 is now available at http://jdk.java.net/17<http://jdk.java.net/17/>



  *   These early access, open source builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.
  *   JEPs targeted to JDK 17, so far:
     *   JEP 356: Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356>
  *   Release Notes are available at http://jdk.java.net/17/release-notes
  *   Significant changes since the last availability email:

     *   JDK-8259709: Disable SHA-1 XML Signatures (b13)
     *   JDK-6323374: (coll) Optimize Collections.unmodifiable* and synchronized*(b13)
     *   JDK-8139348: Deprecate 3DES and RC4 in Kerberos (b12)
     *   JDK-8259662: Don't wrap SocketExceptions into SSLExceptions in SSLSocketImpl (b11)
     *   JDK-8235139: Deprecate the socket impl factory mechanism(b10)
     *   JDK-8225081: Remove Telia Company CA certificate expiring in April 2021(b9)

Project Lanai Early-Access Builds

  *   EA 10 Build 17-lanai+3-133 (2021/3/2) is available - http://jdk.java.net/lanai/
  *   These early access, open source builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.

Project Loom Early-Access Builds

  *   Build 17-loom+4-174 (2021/3/12)  is available - http://jdk.java.net/loom/
  *   These early access, open source builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.

Project Panama Early-Access Builds

  *   Build 17-panama+2-51 (2021/2/12) is available - http://jdk.java.net/panama/
  *   These early access, open source builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception<http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html>.

Regards
Deepak

[1] https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-March/005188.html
[2] https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/16/


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