Posted by Rory O'Donnell on Oct 20, 2019; 6:50am
URL: https://discuss.asciidoctor.org/JDK-14-Early-Access-build-19-is-available-tp7259.html

Hi All,

OpenJDK builds  - JDK 14 - Early Access build 19 is available at http://jdk.java.net/14/

These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception.

• Release notes
  
• https://jdk.java.net/14/release-notes  
  

• JEPs targeted to JDK 14, so far
• 352 - Non-Volatile Mapped Byte Buffers
• 358 - Helpful NullPointerExceptions
• 349 - JFR Event Streaming
• I want to draw your attention to some notable changes in previous builds of JDK 14.
• Build 14 - Classes are now loaded and linked by Class.forName() (JDK-8212117)
• we need help testing changes to 3-arg Class.forName method. The method has always been specified to link the class but the implementation has historically not done this when invoked with the "initialize" parameter set to false. The bug has been fixed in JDK 14 but it has the potential to change the behavior of code that uses Class.forName to load classes that cannot be linked.

   
  

• Changes in this build

Openjdk Builds - JDK 13.0.1 General Availability - https://jdk.java.net/13/

These early-access, open-source builds are provided under the GNU General Public License, version 2, with the Classpath Exception.

• Release notes
• Changes in this release
  

Crypto roadmap updated    -  https://www.java.com/en/jre-jdk-cryptoroadmap.html

Targeted Date(2)	Targeted Release(s)	Algorithm/Protocol	Action	How to test/enable change	Change Log
2019-10-15	13, 11, 8, 7	ECC on TLS	Disable non-NIST Suite B EC curves (sect283k1, sect283r1, sect409k1, sect409r1, sect571k1, sect571r1, secp256k1) when negotiating TLS sessions	Disabling non-NIST Suite B EC curves when negotiating TLS sessions	2019-10-08 Announced.

Rgds,Rory

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