Features

JEPS are grouped according to the area and component taxonomy used in the JEP Process. On this page a JEP number links directly to the cited JEP document, while a JEP title links to the corresponding short summary below.

--/--	126	Lambda Expressions & Virtual Extension Methods
	138	Autoconf-Based Build System
	160	Lambda-Form Representation for Method Handles
	161	Compact Profiles
	162	Prepare for Modularization
	164	Leverage CPU Instructions for AES Cryptography
	174	Nashorn JavaScript Engine
	176	Mechanical Checking of Caller-Sensitive Methods
	179	Document JDK API Support and Stability
vm/--	142	Reduce Cache Contention on Specified Fields
vm/gc	122	Remove the Permanent Generation
	173	Retire Some Rarely-Used GC Combinations
vm/rt	136	Enhanced Verification Errors
	147	Reduce Class Metadata Footprint
	148	Small VM
	171	Fence Intrinsics
core/--	153	Launch JavaFX Applications
core/lang	101	Generalized Target-Type Inference
	104	Annotations on Java Types
	105	DocTree API
	106	Add Javadoc to javax.tools
	117	Remove the Annotation-Processing Tool (apt)
	118	Access to Parameter Names at Runtime
	120	Repeating Annotations
	139	Enhance javac to Improve Build Speed
	172	DocLint
core/libs	103	Parallel Array Sorting
	107	Bulk Data Operations for Collections
	109	Enhance Core Libraries with Lambda
	112	Charset Implementation Improvements
	119	javax.lang.model Implementation Backed by Core Reflection
	135	Base64 Encoding & Decoding
	149	Reduce Core-Library Memory Usage
	150	Date & Time API
	155	Concurrency Updates
	170	JDBC 4.2
	177	Optimize java.text.DecimalFormat.format
	178	Statically-Linked JNI Libraries
	180	Handle Frequent HashMap Collisions with Balanced Trees
core/i18n	127	Improve Locale Data Packaging and Adopt Unicode CLDR Data
	128	BCP 47 Locale Matching
	133	Unicode 6.2
core/net	184	HTTP URL Permissions
core/sec	113	MS-SFU Kerberos 5 Extensions
	114	TLS Server Name Indication (SNI) Extension
	115	AEAD CipherSuites
	121	Stronger Algorithms for Password-Based Encryption
	123	Configurable Secure Random-Number Generation
	124	Enhance the Certificate Revocation-Checking API
	129	NSA Suite B Cryptographic Algorithms
	130	SHA-224 Message Digests
	131	PKCS#11 Crypto Provider for 64-bit Windows
	140	Limited doPrivileged
	166	Overhaul JKS-JCEKS-PKCS12 Keystores
web/jaxp	185	Restrict Fetching of External XML Resources

A summary of the changes to this list over time is available at the bottom of this page.

Change history

2012/9/11

• 103 Parallel Array Sorting — Targeted to M5
• 127 Improve Locale Data Packaging — Targeted to M5
• 150 JSR 310: Date and Time API — Targeted to M6

2012/11/6

• 121 Stronger Algorithms for Password-Based Encryption — Retargeted to M5
• 129 NSA Suite B Cryptographic Algorithms — Retargeted to M5
• 133 Unicode 6.2 — Retargeted to M5

2012/12/4

• 103 Parallel Array Sorting — Retargeted to M6
• 110 New HTTP Client — Retargeted to M6
• 111 Additional Unicode Constructs for Regular Expressions — Dropped
• 112 Charset Implementation Improvements — Retargeted to M4
• 119 javax.lang.model Implementation Backed by Core Reflection — Retargeted to M6
• 136 Enhanced Verification Errors — Targeted to M5
• 140 Limited doPrivileged — Retargeted to M6

2012/12/6

• 138 Autoconf-Based Build System — Targeted to M6
• 142 Reduce Cache Contention on Specified Fields — Targeted to M6
• 143 Improve Contended Locking — Targeted to M6
• 147 Reduce Class Metadata Footprint — Targeted to M6
• 148 Small VM — Targeted to M6
• 149 Reduce Core-Library Memory Usage — Targeted to M6
• 155 Concurrency Updates (jsr166e) — Targeted to M6
• 161 Compact Profiles — Targeted to M6
• 162 Prepare for Modularization — Targeted to M6
• 165 Compiler Control — Targeted to M6
• 166 Overhaul JKS-JCEKS-PKCS12 Keystores — Targeted to M6
• 170 JDBC 4.2 — Targeted to M6
• 171 Fence Intrinsics — Targeted to M6
• 172 DocLint — Targeted to M6

2012/12/20

• 139 Enhance javac to Improve Build Speed — Targeted to M6

2013/1/14

• 108 Collections Enhancements from Third-Party Libraries — Dropped
• 110 New HTTP Client — Dropped
• 156 G1 GC: Reduce need for full GCs — Dropped
• 107 Bulk Data Operations for Collections — Retargeted to M7
• 123 Configurable Secure Random-Number Generation — Retargeted to M7
• 155 Concurrency Updates — Retargeted to M7
• 171 Fence Intrinsics — Retargeted to M7
• 164 Leverage CPU Instructions for AES Cryptography — Targeted to M6
• 173 Retire Some Rarely-Used GC Combinations — Targeted to M6

2013/1/30

• 101 Generalized Target-Type Inference — Retargeted to M7
• 109 Enhance Core Libraries with Lambda — Retargeted to M7
• 118 Access to Parameter Names at Runtime — Retargeted to M7
• 119 javax.lang.model Implementation Backed by Core Reflection — Retargeted to M7
• 120 Repeating Annotations — Retargeted to M7
• 126 Lambda Expressions & Virtual Extension Methods — Retargeted to M7
• 140 Limited doPrivileged — Retargeted to M7
• 161 Compact Profiles — Retargeted to M7
• 174 Nashorn JavaScript Engine — Targeted to M7

2013/2/20

• 104 Annotations on Java Types — Retargeted to M7
• 115 AEAD CipherSuites — Retargeted to M7
• 162 Prepare for Modularization — Retargeted to M7

2013/4/30

• 143 Improve Contended Locking — Dropped
• 165 Compiler Control — Dropped
• 176 Mechanical Checking of Caller-Sensitive Methods — Targeted to M7
• 177 Optimize java.text.DecimalFormat.format — Targeted to M5
• 178 Statically-Linked JNI Libraries — Targeted to M7
• 179 Document JDK API Support and Stability — Targeted to M7
• 180 Handle Frequent HashMap Collisions with Balanced Trees — Targeted to M7
• 184 HTTP URL Permissions — Targeted to M7

2013/6/13

• 185 JAXP 1.5: Restrict Fetching of External Resources — Targeted to M7