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Java News Roundup: JDK 21 in Rampdown, JEP 404, JDK 22 Expert Group, Jakarta EE 11 Updates
This week's Java roundup for June 5th, 2023, features news from OpenJDK, JDK 21 in Rampdown, JDK 22 expert group, Jakarta EE 11 update, Spring Security Kerberos 2.0.0, Quarkus 3.1.1, Micronaut 3.9.3, Eclipse Vert.x 4.4.3, Apache Commons IO 2.13, Apache Tomcat 11.0.0-M7 and 9.0.76, Infinispan 14.0.10 and 13.0.17, JHipster Lite 0.34, OpenXava 7.1.1, Yupiik Fusion 1.0.3, Gradle 8.2-RC2 and JNation.
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AWS Open-Sources Policy-Based Access Control Language Cedar
AWS has open-sourced Cedar, their language for defining access permissions using policies. Cedar is integrated within both Amazon Verified Permissions and AWS Verified Access. Cedar can also be integrated directly into an application via the provided SDK and language specification.
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JEP 443: Unnamed Patterns and Variables Aims to Improve Java Code Readability
JEP 443, Unnamed Patterns and Variables (Preview), has been Completed from Targeted status for JDK 21. This preview JEP proposes to "enhance the language with unnamed patterns, which match a record component without stating the component's name or type, and unnamed variables, which can be initialized but not used."
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GitHub Announces Code Scanning and Security Advisory Support for Swift
GitHub has launched code scanning support for Swift in beta and announced it will include Swift security advisories in its Advisory Database to extend the capabilities of its Dependabot vulnerability monitor.
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Structured Concurrency in JDK 21: A Leap Forward in Concurrent Programming
JEP 453, Structured Concurrency (Preview), has been Integrated from the Targeted status for JDK 21. Formerly an incubating API, this initial preview incorporates enhancements in response to feedback from the previous two rounds of incubation: JEP 428, Structured Concurrency (Incubator), delivered in JDK 19; and JEP 437, Structured Concurrency (Second Incubator), delivered in JDK 20.
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JBang 0.107.0 Delivers Java 21 Preview, OpenAI Integration, and More
JBang 0.107.0 provides a preview of Java 21, integrating with the OpenAI plugins via the quickstart port from Python and further integration with ChatGPT to generate Java code.
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Java News Roundup: JEPs for JDK 21, Hibernate Reactive 2.0, Payara Named CVE Numbering Authority
This week's Java roundup for May 29th, 2023, features news from OpenJDK, JDK 21, GlassFish 7.0.5, Payara, Open Liberty 23.0.0.5, IBM Semeru Runtimes, Micronaut 4.0-M6, Quarkus 3.1, Hibernate ORM 6.2.4, Hibernate Reactive 2.0, Hibernate Search 6.2.Beta1, Camel Quarkus 3.0-M2, Camel 3.14.8, Tomcat Native 2.0.4 and 1.2.37, Ktor 2.3.1, Multik 0.2.2, JobRunr 6.2.1, JDKMon 17.0.63 and Gradle 8.2-RC1.
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Java News Roundup: Java Turns 28, Payara Platform, Micronaut 4.0-M5, Spring Updates, JHipster Lite
This week's Java roundup for May 22nd, 2023, features news from OpenJDK, JDK 21, Spring Cloud 2022.0.3, Spring Shell 3.1.0, 3.0.4 and 2.1.10, Spring Security Kerberos 2.0-RC2, Payara Platform, Quarkus 3.0.4 and 2.13.8, WildFly 28.0.1, Micronaut 4.0-M5, Helidon 2.6.1, MicroStream 8.1.0, Apache Camel 3.20.5, JDKMon 17.0.61, JHipster Lite 0.33.0, Java’s 28th Birthday and Azul State of Java survey.
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JetBrains Compose Multiplatform for iOS Reaches Alpha
After adding support for desktop apps and the Web, JetBrains multiplatform declarative UI toolkit now runs on iOS in alpha.
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Cloudflare Workers Introduces connect() API to Create TCP Sockets
During the recent developer week, Cloudflare announced a Worker API to create outbound TCP sockets. The new socket API allows developers to connect back to TCP-based infra directly from a Worker, including databases.
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Breaking down Barriers: Introducing JDK 21’s Approach to Beginner-Friendly Java Programming
JEP 445, Unnamed Classes and Instance Main Methods (Preview), has been promoted from its Proposed to Target to Targeted status. This feature of JEP, formerly entitled Implicit Classes and Enhanced Main Methods (Preview), proposes to "evolve the Java language so that students can write their first programs without needing to understand language features designed for large programs.”
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Apache Pulsar 3.0 Delivers a New LTS Version and Efficiency Improvements
The Apache Software Foundation has released version 3.0 of Apache Pulsar, the distributed messaging and streaming platform. Pulsar 3.0 introduces the Long-Term Support release and many performance and scalability improvements.
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Java News Roundup: Azul Zulu Support for CRaC, Spring Boot Updates Mitigate CVEs, OpenJDK JEPs
This week's Java roundup for May 15th, 2023 features news from OpenJDK, JDK 21, Azul Zulu, point releases of Spring Boot, Spring Security, Spring Security Kerberos, Spring Integration, Spring Batch, Spring for GraphQL, Spring Authorization Server, Spring LDAP, Micronaut, Open Liberty, TornadoVM, Hibernate ORM, Apache TomEE, Apache Tika, OpenXava, JBang, JDKMon and Spring I/O conference.
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Jetpack Compose Brings Performance Improvements, Better Tooling Integration, and Updates Material 3
At its Google I/O conference, Google has announced a new iteration of its Jetpack Compose UI toolkit for Android. Among its many improvements, Jetpack Compose has now better performance, extended support within Android Studio, a new Material 3 library, and more.
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Java Gets a Boost with the Record Pattern, Enabling More Expressive Coding
JEP 440, finalizing Record Patterns, has been promoted from Proposed to Target to Targeted status for JDK 21, following feedback-driven enhancements in JEP 432 and JEP 405. Record patterns now allow for powerful data navigation and processing when used with type patterns. The main change from JEP 432 is the removal of record patterns in the header of an enhanced for statement.