JDK 17: The new features in Java 17

Always-strict floating point semantics, a foreign function and memory API, and a uniform API for pseudo random number generators are planned for the Java long-term support release due in September.

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Due in September, Java 17 continues to take shape, with 10 features planned for the upgrade to standard Java so far plus two feature removals and two feature deprecations. In the latest change, as of June 3, context-specific deserialization filters support will be added for security.

Java Development Kit (JDK) 17 will be a long-term-support (LTS) release, with extended support from Oracle expected for several years. The feature set is slated to be frozen on June 10, when JDK 17 reaches an initial rampdown phase. Features filed as part of OpenJDK’s JDK 17 include the following:

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