<div dir="auto">Wonderful news! I have so many projects to apply value classes to! I'll be sure to post them here once I have documented the results! Ty vm!</div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Mon, Oct 27, 2025, 2:21 PM Dan Smith <<a href="mailto:daniel.smith@oracle.com">daniel.smith@oracle.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">We're happy to report an implementation milestone: an updated EA release of Value Classes and Objects with all core functionality and optimizations implemented. We'll spend the next few months on stabilization and code review as we work towards a preview release in the JDK.<br>
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Binaries of the EA can be downloaded here:<br>
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<a href="https://jdk.java.net/valhalla/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://jdk.java.net/valhalla/</a><br>
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The JEP provides an outline of the implemented functionality:<br>
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<a href="https://openjdk.org/jeps/401" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://openjdk.org/jeps/401</a><br>
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And the release notes cover some details specific to this release:<br>
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<a href="https://openjdk.org/projects/valhalla/early-access" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://openjdk.org/projects/valhalla/early-access</a><br>
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I've written a short introduction encouraging people to experiment with the EA here:<br>
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<a href="https://inside.java/2025/10/27/try-jep-401-value-classes/" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">https://inside.java/2025/10/27/try-jep-401-value-classes/</a><br>
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