Major Java enhancement projects for the coming year include work on code reflection, AOT compilation, eight-byte object headers, and finalizing the structured concurrency and scoped values APIs. Java ...

Java has a powerful new concurrency model, and it works with both traditional and virtual threads. Here's a first look at structured concurrency. Structured concurrency is a new way to use ...

The current version, OpenJDK 25, was released in the fall of 2025, with many vendors offering Long-Term Support (LTS). Many companies use such releases as a stability anchor for migrations and ...

Virtual threads are a lightweight implementation of Java threads, delivered as a preview feature in Java 19. Virtual threads dramatically reduce the effort of writing, maintaining, and observing ...