Another day, another JEP. The goal of JEP 380 is to introduce support for Unix-domain socket features that are common to the major Unix platforms and Windows. This will be achieved by adding a handful of API elements. Let’s take a closer look.
Text blocks were added to Java as a preview feature in JDK 13. With JDK 14 the feature was previewed for a second time with the addition of two more escape clauses. Now, text blocks will be a full-fledged feature in JDK 15 because the community is in agreement: text blocks are ready. Let’s take a closer look.
Almost there – Garbage collection with the Z Garbage Collector is almost completely free of infamous safepoint operations. Stack processing is the only thing not really running in a concurrent phase yet. JEP 376 addresses exactly this problem and should finally put an end to unnecessary pauses. Let’s take a closer look.
Shenandoah has been part of the JDK since Java 12. When it was integrated, it was given experimental status similar to Epsilon GC and ZGC. JEP 379 proposes to change its status from experimental to production – and it will get its way, since JEP 379 is officially targeted to JDK 15. Let’s take a closer look.
Z Garbage Collector has been part of the JDK since Java 11. Since then lots of new features and enhancements have been made to ZGC, resulting in a long time as an experimental feature. However, because no ZGC-specific bugs have been reported in months, JEP 377 proposes to change its status from experimental to production.
A new candidate Java enhancement proposal, or JEP, aims to disable biased locking by default, and deprecate all related command-line options. Biased locking is costly to maintain, especially since the gains previously seen have diminished to a point where the effort is no longer worth the reward. Let’s take a closer look.
A new candidate Java enhancement proposal, or JEP, wants to overhaul the implementations of two APIs that have been around since the days of JDK 1.0. It’s not an easy job, but since the community is laying the groundwork to enable Project Loom to come to fruition, it’s a necessary one. Let’s take a closer look.
The second Java enhancement proposal (JEP) of 2020 has landed! Following JEP 371: Hidden Classes, now we have a second full-fledged candidate JEP with a decent shot at making it into JDK 15. That said, some voices in the community don’t agree with the proposal. Let’s take a closer look.
We’ve got our first Java Enhancement Proposal (JEP) of 2020. JEP 371 proposes to introduce “hidden classes”, which should improve how Java works with frameworks. In a future version of the programming language, dynamically created classes could be replaced by hidden classes in places. Let’s take a closer look.
We’ve seen a lot of talk about different garbage collectors lately; JEPs 364 and 365 want to port the Z Garbage Collector to macOS and Windows respectively, JEP 363 wants to remove the deprecated Concurrent Mark Sweep (CMS) garbage collector. And now we have JEP 366, which is proposed to target JDK 14 and wants to deprecate the combination of the Parallel Scavenge and Serial Old garbage collection algorithms. Let’s take a closer look.
The Z Garbage Collector or ZGC is a scalable low latency garbage collector that’s included in the JDK. Until now, it has not been compatible with Windows, but JEP 365 wants to change that. Let’s take a closer look at the future of Java.
The Z Garbage Collector or ZGC is a scalable low latency garbage collector that’s included in the JDK. Until now, it has not been compatible with macOS, but JEP 364 wants to change that. Let’s take a closer look.
Remember text blocks? That’s right, they were a preview feature in the recently released Java 13! Now that some time has passed, the community has a feel for them and where there’s room for improvement. With JEP 368, Jim Laskey proposes a second text blocks preview, this time with two more escape sequences. Let’s take a closer look.
