Sébastien Deleuze (@seb.deleuze.fr)

Java's Plans for 2026 - Inside Java Newscast #104 In 2026, Java keeps evolving: Project Valhalla is gunning for merging its value types preview in the second half of this year; Babylon wants to incubate code reflection; Loom will probably finalize the structured concurrency API; Leyden plans to ship AOT code compilation; and Amber hopes to present JEPs on constant patterns and pattern assignments. And those are just the most progressed features - more are in the pipeline and discussed in this episode of the Inside Java Newscast. Come to *JavaOne 2026* in Redwood City, March 17th-19th, and get *50$ off with code J12026YTLFV*: https://www.oracle.com/javaone/ ~~~~~ Chapters ~~~~~ 0:00 Intro 1:18 Project Valhalla Project Valhalla: https://openjdk.org/projects/valhalla/ mailing list: https://mail.openjdk.org/mailman/listinfo/valhalla-dev early access build: https://jdk.java.net/valhalla/ JEP 401 - Value Types: https://openjdk.org/jeps/401 JEP draft: Null-Restricted and Nullable Types: https://openjdk.org/jeps/8303099 JEP draft: Null-Restricted Value Class Types: https://openjdk.org/jeps/8316779 JEP 402 - Enhanced Primitive Boxing: https://openjdk.org/jeps/402 2:50 Project Panama Project Panama: https://openjdk.org/projects/panama/ mailing list: https://mail.openjdk.org/mailman/listinfo/panama-dev JEP 529 Vector API (11th incubator): https://openjdk.org/jeps/529 jextract on GitHub: https://github.com/openjdk/jextract 3:41 Project Babylon Project Babylon: https://openjdk.org/projects/babylon/ Mailing list: https://mail.openjdk.org/mailman/listinfo/babylon-dev prototype: https://github.com/openjdk/babylon/tree/code-reflection/test/jdk/java/lang/reflect/code 4:42 Project Loom Project Loom: https://wiki.openjdk.org/display/loom/Main mailing list: https://mail.openjdk.org/mailman/listinfo/loom-dev JEP 505 - Structured Concurrency: https://openjdk.org/jeps/505 5:04 Interlude Valhalla early acces build: https://jdk.java.net/valhalla/ Dev Java Playground: https://dev.java/playground/ Learn Java: https://learn.java 6:01 Project Leyden Project Leyden: https://openjdk.org/projects/leyden/ mailing list: https://mail.openjdk.org/mailman/listinfo/leyden-dev JEP draft - AOT Code Compilation: https://openjdk.org/jeps/8335368 7:32 Project Amber Project Amber: https://openjdk.org/projects/amber/ mailing list: https://mail.openjdk.org/mailman/listinfo/amber-dev What Happened to Java's String Templates? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6L4Ef9owuQ JEP 468: Derived Record Creation: https://openjdk.org/jeps/468 Tags: #Java #OpenJDK https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lYsDMOc7hM