“Java 15 is Here!” with Mikael Vidstedt
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David Delabassee) (@delabassee)) discusses the latest Java release, Java 15), with Mikael Vidstedt) (@MikaelVidstedt)), Director of JVM Development.

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Covered in This Episode New or updated Java language feature, Java SE API feature and JDK API

• Sealed Classes (Preview))
• Hidden Classes)
• Reimplement the Legacy DatagramSocket API)
• Text Blocks)
• Foreign-Memory Access API (Second Incubator))
• Records (Second Preview))
• Pattern Matching for instanceof (Second Preview))

Garbage Collectors

• ZGC: A Scalable Low-Latency Garbage Collector)
• Shenandoah: A Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector)
• Improving G1 out-of-the-box performance)

Deprecation & Removal

• Remove the Solaris and SPARC Ports)
• Remove the Nashorn JavaScript Engine)

Security

• Edwards-Curve Digital Signature Algorithm (EdDSA))
• Support for certificate_authorities Extension)

Other Features (JDK 14 & JDK 15)

• Cgroups v2: Container awareness)
• JFR Event Streaming)

OpenJDK Projects Discussed in this Episode

• Project Loom)
• Project Panama)
• Project Amber)
• Project Valhalla)

Additional Resources

• OpenJDK)
• Oracle Java)