[hibernate-dev] Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 15 / JDK 15
Hi Sanne & Yoann,
**Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 15 / JDK 15 [1]
**
* JDK 15, the reference implementation of Java 15, is now Generally
Available.
* GPL-licensed OpenJDK builds from Oracle are available here:
http://jdk.java.net/15/
* JDK 15 Release notes
<https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/15-relnote-issues.html>
JDK 15 includes fourteen features [2]:
* JEP 339: Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA)
<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/339>
* JEP 360: Sealed Classes (Preview) <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/360>
* JEP 371: Hidden Classes <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/371>
* JEP 372: Remove the Nashorn JavaScript Engine
<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/372>
* JEP 373: Reimplement the Legacy DatagramSocket API
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/373>
* JEP 374: Disable and Deprecate Biased Locking
<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/374>
* JEP 375: Pattern Matching for instanceof (Second Preview)
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/375>
* JEP 377: ZGC: A Scalable Low-Latency Garbage Collector
<http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/377>
* JEP 378: Text Blocks <http://openjdk.java.net/jeps/378>
* JEP 379: Shenandoah: A Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/379>
* JEP 381: Remove the Solaris and SPARC Ports
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/381>
* JEP 383: Foreign-Memory Access API (Second Incubator)
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/383>
* JEP 384: Records (Second Preview) <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/384>
* JEP 385: Deprecate RMI Activation for Removal
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/385>
Thanks to everyone who contributed to JDK 15, whether by creating
features or enhancements, logging bugs, or downloading and testing the
early-access builds.
OpenJDK 16 Early Access build 15**is now available at http://jdk.java.net/16
* JEPs integrated to JDK 16:
o JEP 347: Enable C++14 Language Features
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/347>
o JEP 357: Migrate from Mercurial to Git
<https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/357>
o JEP 369: Migrate to GitHub <https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/369>
* Release Notes are available at http://jdk.java.net/16/release-notes
**
* Significant changes since the last availability email:
o Build 15
+ JDK-8244090: public lookup should find public members of
public exported types (Reported by Eclipse Jetty)
+ JDK-8250968: Symlinks attributes not preserved when using
jarsigner on zip files
o Build 14
+ JDK-8189744: Deprecate the JDK-specific API for setting
socket options, jdk.net.Sockets
+ JDK-8241003: Deprecate "denigrated" java.security.cert APIs
that represent DNs as Principal or String objects
+ JDK-8245462: The default HttpClient implementation returns
cancelable futures
*__*
Rgds,Rory

[1]
https://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/jdk-dev/2020-September/004733.html
[2] https://openjdk.java.net/projects/jdk/15/
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Rgds, Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland