Java News Roundup: Foreign Function & Memory API, OpenJDK JEPs, Apache Tomcat CVEs
InfoQ, Monday, October 16,2023
This week's Java roundup for October 9th, 2023, features news from OpenJDK, JDK 22, Apache Tomcat CVEs, Devoxx Morocco, and milestone, point and release candidates of: Spring Framework; Spring Data; Micronaut; Quarkus; Micrometer Metrics; Micrometer Tracing; Apache Kafka; Apache Camel; Eclipse Vert.x; Project Reactor; JHipster Lite; Piranha; and RefactorFirst.
OpenJDK
After its review has concluded, JEP 454, Foreign Function & Memory API, has been promoted from Proposed to Target to Targeted for JDK 22. This JEP proposes to finalize this feature after two rounds of incubation and three rounds of preview: JEP 412, Foreign Function & Memory API (Incubator), delivered in JDK 17; JEP 419, Foreign Function & Memory API (Second Incubator), delivered in JDK 18; JEP 424, Foreign Function & Memory API (Preview), delivered in JDK 19; JEP 434, Foreign Function & Memory API (Second Preview), delivered in JDK 20; and JEP 442, Foreign Function & Memory API (Third Preview), to be delivered in the upcoming GA release of JDK 21