Java 16
| Status | End of Life |
|---|---|
| Release Date | 2021-03-15 |
| EOL Date | 2021-09-14 |
| Latest Version | 16.0.2 |
| Class File Version | 60.0 |
| API Changes | Compare to 15 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 1.4 - 1.3 - 1.2 - 1.1 |
| Documentation | Release Notes, Language Spec, VM Spec, JavaDoc |
| SCM | git |
The OpenJDK source tree has moved from Mercurial to Git and is now hosted on
GitHub. The migration is described in
JEP 369.
New Features
JVM
- ZGC: Concurrent Thread Processing (JEP 376)
- Alpine Linux Port (JEP 386)
- Windows/AArch64 Port (JEP 388)
- Strongly Encapsulate JDK Internals by Default (JEP 396)
Language
- Warnings for Value-Based Classes (JEP 390)
- Pattern Matching for instanceof (JEP 394, Java Almanac)
- Records (JEP 395, Java Almanac)
- Static Members in Inner Classes (JEP 395)
- Sealed Classes 2. Preview (JEP 397, Java Almanac)
API
- Vector API 1. Incubator (JEP 338)
- Unix-Domain Socket Channels (JEP 380)
- Foreign Linker API 1. Incubator (JEP 389)
- Foreign-Memory Access API 3. Incubator (JEP 393)
Tools
- Packaging Tool (JEP 392)
Internal
Downloads
| Vendor | Product | License | Platform Downloads |
|---|---|---|---|
| Adoptium | Eclipse Temurin | GPLv2+CE | |
| AdoptOpenJDK | AdoptOpenJDK | GPLv2+CE | |
| Amazon | Corretto 16 | GPLv2+CE | |
| Azul Systems | Zulu Builds of OpenJDK 16 | GPLv2+CE | |
| BellSoft | Liberica | GPLv2+CE | |
| IBM | Semeru Runtime Open Edition, Version 16 | GPLv2+CE | |
| Oracle | Oracle JDK 16 | Commercial | |
| SAP | SapMachine 16 | GPLv2+CE |
Sandbox
Instantly compile and run Java 16 snippets without a local Java installation.