Posted by Rory O'Donnell on
URL: https://discuss.asciidoctor.org/JDK-16-is-in-Rampdown-Phase-One-tp8394.html

Hi All,

Per the JDK 16 schedule , we are in Rampdown Phase One [1] .

Please advise if you find any issues while testing the latest Early Access builds.

• Schedule for JDK 16
• 2020/12/10 Rampdown Phase One
• 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 [2]

OpenJDK 16 Early Access build 28 is now available at http://jdk.java.net/16

• Features - the overall feature set is frozen. No further JEPs will be targeted to this release.
• Significant Integrations in b28:
• Integrated JEP 396: Strongly Encapsulate JDK Internals by Default
  
• Strongly encapsulate all internal elements of the JDK by default, except for critical internal APIs such as sun.misc.Unsafe.
• Allow end users to choose the relaxed strong encapsulation that has been the default since JDK 9.
• Integrated JEP 397: Sealed Classes (Second Preview) with this release.
• Enhance the Java programming language with sealed classes and interfaces.
• Refines JEP 360 which was delivered in JDK 15 as a preview feature.