Java 26 Preview: New JEPs and What They Mean for You
Java 26 is the next feature release that brings features for enhanced performance, security, and developer experience.
This video discusses the upcoming JDK 26 release, highlighting ten JEPs including JEP 500. JEP 500 focuses on preparing developers for future restrictions on mutating final fields in Java, emphasizing their role in maintaining immutable state. This is crucial for robust programming and understanding the nuances of mutable vs immutable data, especially concerning an immutable class in java. We also touch upon the broader implications for functional programming in Java.
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Java 26 Early-Access Builds: https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk/26/
00:00 — What Makes Java 26 Different
00:07 — JEP 500: Prepare to Make Final Mean Final
01:00 — JEP 504: Remove the Applet API
01:22 — JEP 516: AOT Cache with Any GC (Including ZGC)
01:54 — JEP 517: HTTP/3 for the HTTP Client API
02:35 — JEP 522: G1 GC Throughput Improvements
03:25 — JEP 524: PEM Encodings (Second Preview)
03:52 — JEP 525: Structured Concurrency (Sixth Preview)
04:34 — JEP 526: Lazy Constants (Second Preview)
05:18 — JEP 529: Vector API (Eleventh Incubator)
05:44 — JEP 530: Primitive Types in Patterns & switch (Fourth Preview)
06:27 — Get Early-Access Builds & Experiment