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Java 11

Status Long Term Support Release
Release Date 2018-09-25
EOL Date 2027-10
Latest Version 11.0.25
Class File Version 55.0
Unicode Version 10.0.0
API Changes Compare to 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 1.4 - 1.3 - 1.2 - 1.1 - 1.0
Documentation Release Notes, Language Spec, VM Spec, JavaDoc
SCM git
Java 11 was the first Long Term Support (LTS) release with the new release schedule.

New Features

Here are all new features in Java 11 by category. There is also of list of all features of all Java releases.

JVM

Language

API

Tools

Downloads

Vendor Product License Platform Downloads
Adoptium Eclipse Temurin GPLv2+CE
AdoptOpenJDK AdoptOpenJDK GPLv2+CE
Alibaba Dragonwell 11 GPLv2+CE
Amazon Corretto 11 GPLv2+CE
Azul Systems Zulu Builds of OpenJDK 11 GPLv2+CE
Azul Systems Azul Prime Commercial
  • linux-x64
  • linux-arm64
BellSoft Liberica GPLv2+CE
IBM Semeru Runtime Open Edition, Version 11 GPLv2+CE
Microsoft Microsoft Build of OpenJDK 11 GPLv2+CE
Oracle Oracle JDK 11 Commercial
Red Hat Red Hat build of OpenJDK 11 GPLv2+CE
SAP SapMachine 11 GPLv2+CE

Sandbox

Instantly compile and run Java 11 snippets without a local Java installation.

import java.util.function.Function; public class Java11 { public static void main(String[] args) { Function<String, String> hello = (var s) -> String.format("Hello %s!", s); System.out.println(hello.apply("Java 11")); } }