JDK 16 Early Access build 24 is now available

Hi All,

            2021/01/14         Rampdown Phase Two
            2021/02/04         Initial Release Candidate
            2021/02/18         Final Release Candidate
            2021/03/16         General Availability 

• Release Notes are available at http://jdk.java.net/16/release-notes

• Changes in recent builds that maybe of interest:
• Build 24
  
• JDK-8231599: NPE when loading a preview classfile from a future Java version
  • Reported by JUnit5
• JDK-8254661: arm32: additional cleanup after fixing SIGSEGV
  • Reported by JaCoCo
• JDK-8255584: `HttpPrincipal::getName` returns incorrect name
• JDK-8255226: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2020d
• Build 23
  
• JDK-8254876: (fs) NullPointerException not thrown when first argument to Path.of or Paths.get is null
• JDK-8255576: (fs) Files.isHidden() throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException (unix)
• Reported by JUnit5
• JDK-8255616: Removal of experimental features AOT and Graal JIT
• Build 22
• JDK-8243583: Change 'final' error checks to throw ICCE
• JDK-8254982: (tz) Upgrade time-zone data to tzdata2020c

Project Loom Early-Access Build: Build 16-loom+7-285 (2020/11/4)

• Want to know more - check out - https://inside.java/2020/11/11/project-loom-at-nyc-java-sig/
• These early-access builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception
• These builds are based on jdk-16+20
• These EA builds are produced for the purpose of gathering feedback. Use for any other purpose is at your own risk.
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Rgds,Rory

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Rgds, Rory O'Donnell
Quality Engineering Manager
Oracle EMEA, Dublin, Ireland