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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK 17, the reference implementation of Java 17, is now Generally Available. [1]</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds from Oracle are available here: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://jdk.java.net/17/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://jdk.java.net/17/</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK 17 </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/17-relnotes.html"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Release notes</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l3 level1 lfo1;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Inside Java: <a href="https://inside.java/2021/09/14/the-arrival-of-java17/" title="https://inside.java/2021/09/14/the-arrival-of-java17/">
The Arrival of Java 17!</a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK 17 includes the following features [2]:</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">JEP 306: </span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/306" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Restore Always-Strict Floating-Point Semantics</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxxxxxxmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">JEP 356: </span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/356" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxxxxxxmsonormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">JEP 382: </span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/382" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">New macOS Rendering Pipeline</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxxxxxxmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">JEP 391: </span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/391" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">macOS/AArch64 Port</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxxxxxxmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">JEP 398: </span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/398" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Deprecate the Applet API for Removal</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxxxxxxmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">JEP 403: </span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/403" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Strongly Encapsulate JDK Internals</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxxxxxxmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">JEP 406: </span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/406" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Pattern Matching for switch (Preview)</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxxxxxxmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">JEP 407: </span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/407" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Remove RMI Activation</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxxxxxxmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">JEP 409: </span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/409" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Sealed Classes</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxxxxxxmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">JEP 410: </span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/410" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Remove the Experimental AOT and JIT Compiler</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxxxxxxmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">JEP 411: </span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/411" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Deprecate the Security Manager for Removal</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxxxxxxmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">JEP 412: </span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/412" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Foreign Function & Memory API (Incubator)</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxxxxxxmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">JEP 414: </span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/414" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Vector API (Second Incubator)</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> </span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxxxxxxmsolistparagraph" style="mso-list:l4 level1 lfo2;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">JEP 415: </span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/415" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Context-Specific Deserialization Filters</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK 17 will be a long-term-support (LTS) release</span></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt"> from most vendors,including Oracle. If you’re upgrading from
the previous LTS release,JDK 11, then you have many more JEPs to look forward to, summarized here:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jdk/17/jeps-since-jdk-11">https://openjdk.java.net/jdk/17/jeps-since-jdk-11</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Thanks to everyone who contributed to JDK 17, whether by creating features or enhancements, logging bugs, or
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<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">downloading and testing the early-access builds.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">OpenJDK 18 Early Access build 14 is now available at
</span></b><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://jdk.java.net/18/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://jdk.java.net/18/</span></a></span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">These early access, open source builds are provided under the
</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html" target="_blank" title="https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt">.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo3;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">JEPs targeted to JDK 18, so far:</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">JEP 400: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/400" title="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/400"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">UTF-8 by Default</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l5 level2 lfo3;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">JEP 413: </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/413" title="https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/413"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Code Snippets in Java API Documentation</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Release Notes are available at </span><span lang="EN-US"><a href="https://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://jdk.java.net/18/release-notes</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">Significant changes since the last availability email:</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK-8271745: Fix Issues With the KW and KWP Modes of SunJCE Provider</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo5;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK-8262186: Call X509KeyManager.chooseClientAlias once for all key types</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo5;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK-8225083: Remove Google certificate that is expiring in December 2021</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo5;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK-8251329: Zip File System Provider Throws ZipException when entry name element contains "." or ".."</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo5;background:white">
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-size:12.0pt">JDK-8225082: Remove IdenTrust certificate that is expiring in September 2021</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l1 level2 lfo5;background:white">
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Project Loom Early-Access Builds</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Build 18-loom+2-74 (2021/8/7) based on <a href="https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/releases/tag/jdk-18%2B9" title="https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/releases/tag/jdk-18%2B9">
jdk-18+9</a> is available - </span><a href="https://jdk.java.net/loom/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://jdk.java.net/loom/</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">These early access, open source builds are provided under the
<a href="https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html" target="_blank" title="https://openjdk.java.net/legal/gplv2+ce.html">
GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></li><li class="xxxmsolistparagraph" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo6;background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt">Please send feedback via e-mail to <a href="mailto:loom-dev@openjdk.java.net" title="mailto:loom-dev@openjdk.java.net">
loom-dev@openjdk.java.net</a>. To send e-mail to this address you must first <a href="https://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/loom-dev" title="https://mail.openjdk.java.net/mailman/listinfo/loom-dev">
subscribe to the mailing list</a>.</span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="background:white">Rgds, Deepak<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">[1]
<a href="https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-September/006037.html">
https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2021-September/006037.html</a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="xxxmsonormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">[2]
</span><a href="https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/17/" title="https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/17/"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/17/</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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