Java 24 / JDK 24: General Availability
This release includes 24 JEPs [1]:
404: Generational Shenandoah (Experimental)
450: Compact Object Headers (Experimental)
472: Prepare to Restrict the Use of JNI
475: Late Barrier Expansion for G1
478: Key Derivation Function API (Preview)
479: Remove the Windows 32-bit x86 Port
483: Ahead-of-Time Class Loading & Linking
484: Class-File API
485: Stream Gatherers
486: Permanently Disable the Security Manager
487: Scoped Values (Fourth Preview)
488: Primitive Types in Patterns, instanceof, and switch (Second Preview)
489: Vector API (Ninth Incubator)
490: ZGC: Remove the Non-Generational Mode
491: Synchronize Virtual Threads without Pinning
492: Flexible Constructor Bodies (Third Preview)
493: Linking Run-Time Images without JMODs
494: Module Import Declarations (Second Preview)
495: Simple Source Files and Instance Main Methods (Fourth Preview)
496: Quantum-Resistant Module-Lattice-Based Key Encapsulation Mechanism
497: Quantum-Resistant Module-Lattice-Based Digital Signature Algorithm
498: Warn upon Use of Memory-Access Methods in sun.misc.Unsafe
499: Structured Concurrency (Fourth Preview)
501: Deprecate the 32-bit x86 Port for Removal
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