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<div class="moz-forward-container"><b>JDK 14 - Early Access build 19
is available via artifactory [1]</b>
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<div class="moz-forward-container">These early-access,
open-source builds are provided under the <a
href="http://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html"
moz-do-not-send="true">GNU General Public License,
version 2, with the Classpath Exception</a>.
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<li>Release notes <br>
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<li><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://jdk.java.net/14/release-notes"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://jdk.java.net/14/release-notes</a></li>
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<li>JEPs targeted to JDK 14, so far</li>
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<li>352 - <a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/352"
moz-do-not-send="true">Non-Volatile Mapped Byte
Buffers</a></li>
<li>358 - <a href="http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/358"
moz-do-not-send="true">Helpful NullPointerExceptions</a></li>
<li>349 - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/349">JFR Event
Streaming</a></li>
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<li><a
href="http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk/jdk/log?rev=reverse%28%22jdk-14%2B16%22%3A%3A%22jdk-14%2B17%22-%22jdk-14%2B16%22%29&revcount=1000"
moz-do-not-send="true">Changes in this build </a></li>
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<li>Recent Bug fixes of Interest</li>
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<li>Build 18:-</li>
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<li>JDK-8231260: (dc) DatagramChannel::disconnect
changes the port of the local address to 0 (lnx)</li>
<li>JDK-8223771: FileSystemProvider.newFileSystem(Path,
Map) should throw IOException when called with a file
that cannot be open</li>
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I want to draw your attention to some <b>noteable changes in
previous builds of JDK 14.</b>
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<li>Build 14 - Classes are now loaded and linked by
Class.forName() <span class="issuelink">(<a
href="https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-8212117"
moz-do-not-send="true">JDK-8212117</a>)</span></li>
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<li><span class="issuelink">we need help testing changes
to 3-arg Class.forName method. The method has always
been specified to link the class but the
implementation has historically not done this when
invoked with the "initialize" parameter set to
false. The bug has been fixed in JDK 14 but it has
the potential to change the behavior of code that
uses Class.forName to load classes that cannot be
linked.</span></li>
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<p>Regards<br>
Deepak Damodaran<br>
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<p>[1] <a
href="https://jpg-data.us.oracle.com/artifactory/re-release-local/jdk/14/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://jpg-data.us.oracle.com/artifactory/re-release-local/jdk/14/</a></p>
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