Release Announcement: General Availability of Java 15 / JDK 15

[Rory O'Donnell]

Hi Tim,

**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