New APIs in Java 16

Comparing Java 16 (16.0.2+7-tem) with Java 12 (12.0.2+10-adpt).

Element	Modification
java.base
java.io
Serial	added
PrintStream
write(byte[])	added
writeBytes(byte[])	added
java.lang.annotation
ElementType
RECORD_COMPONENT	added
java.lang.constant
ConstantDescs
BSM_EXPLICIT_CAST	added
BSM_GET_STATIC_FINAL	added
FALSE	added
TRUE	added
java.lang.invoke
ClassSpecializer.Factory
Factory(ClassSpecializer)	removed
ConstantBootstraps
ConstantBootstraps()	removed
explicitCast(MethodHandles.Lookup, String, Class,...	added
MethodHandles.Lookup
ORIGINAL	added
defineHiddenClass(byte[], boolean,...	added
defineHiddenClassWithClassData(byte[], Object,...	added
ensureInitialized(Class)	added
hasFullPrivilegeAccess()	added
hasPrivateAccess()	+ deprecated
previousLookupClass()	added
MethodHandles
classData(MethodHandles.Lookup, String, Class)	added
classDataAt(MethodHandles.Lookup, String, Class,...	added
dropReturn(MethodHandle)	added
VarHandle
coordinateTypes()	- final
hasInvokeExactBehavior()	added
toMethodHandle(VarHandle.AccessMode)	- final
varType()	- final
withInvokeBehavior()	added
withInvokeExactBehavior()	added
MethodHandles.Lookup.ClassOption	added
java.lang.ref
Reference
isEnqueued()	+ deprecated
refersTo(Object)	added
java.lang.reflect
Modifier
Modifier()	removed
RecordComponent	added
AnnotatedType
getAnnotation(Class)	added
getAnnotations()	added
getDeclaredAnnotations()	added
InvocationHandler
invokeDefault(Object, Method, Object...)	added
java.lang.runtime	added
java.lang
Boolean	+ implements Constable
Boolean(String)	+ forRemoval
Boolean(boolean)	+ forRemoval
describeConstable()	added
Byte	+ implements Constable
Byte(String)	+ forRemoval
Byte(byte)	+ forRemoval
describeConstable()	added
Character.UnicodeBlock
CHORASMIAN	added
CJK_UNIFIED_IDEOGRAPHS_EXTENSION_G	added
DIVES_AKURU	added
EGYPTIAN_HIEROGLYPH_FORMAT_CONTROLS	added
ELYMAIC	added
KHITAN_SMALL_SCRIPT	added
LISU_SUPPLEMENT	added
NANDINAGARI	added
NYIAKENG_PUACHUE_HMONG	added
OTTOMAN_SIYAQ_NUMBERS	added
SMALL_KANA_EXTENSION	added
SYMBOLS_AND_PICTOGRAPHS_EXTENDED_A	added
SYMBOLS_FOR_LEGACY_COMPUTING	added
TAMIL_SUPPLEMENT	added
TANGUT_SUPPLEMENT	added
WANCHO	added
YEZIDI	added
Character	+ implements Constable
Character(char)	+ forRemoval
describeConstable()	added
Class
getPermittedSubclasses()	added preview
getRecordComponents()	added
isHidden()	added
isRecord()	added
isSealed()	added preview
Double
Double(String)	+ forRemoval
Double(double)	+ forRemoval
Float
Float(String)	+ forRemoval
Float(double)	+ forRemoval
Float(float)	+ forRemoval
IndexOutOfBoundsException
IndexOutOfBoundsException(long)	added
Integer
Integer(String)	+ forRemoval
Integer(int)	+ forRemoval
LiveStackFrame.PrimitiveSlot
PrimitiveSlot()	removed
Long
Long(String)	+ forRemoval
Long(long)	+ forRemoval
Math
absExact(int)	added
absExact(long)	added
NullPointerException
fillInStackTrace()	added
getMessage()	added
Record	added
Runtime
traceInstructions(boolean)	removed
traceMethodCalls(boolean)	removed
Short	+ implements Constable
Short(String)	+ forRemoval
Short(short)	+ forRemoval
describeConstable()	added
StrictMath
absExact(int)	added
absExact(long)	added
decrementExact(int)	added
decrementExact(long)	added
incrementExact(int)	added
incrementExact(long)	added
negateExact(int)	added
negateExact(long)	added
String
formatted(Object...)	added
stripIndent()	added
translateEscapes()	added
ThreadGroup
allowThreadSuspension(boolean)	+ forRemoval
destroy()	+ deprecated + forRemoval
isDaemon()	+ deprecated + forRemoval
isDestroyed()	+ deprecated + forRemoval
resume()	+ forRemoval
setDaemon(boolean)	+ deprecated + forRemoval
stop()	+ forRemoval
suspend()	+ forRemoval
Thread
resume()	+ forRemoval
suspend()	+ forRemoval
Character.UnicodeScript
CHORASMIAN	added
DIVES_AKURU	added
ELYMAIC	added
KHITAN_SMALL_SCRIPT	added
NANDINAGARI	added
NYIAKENG_PUACHUE_HMONG	added
WANCHO	added
YEZIDI	added
CharSequence
isEmpty()	added
java.net
MulticastSocket
getInterface()	+ deprecated
getLoopbackMode()	+ deprecated
joinGroup(InetAddress)	+ deprecated
leaveGroup(InetAddress)	+ deprecated
setInterface(InetAddress)	+ deprecated
setLoopbackMode(boolean)	+ deprecated
supportedOptions()	removed
URLDecoder
URLDecoder()	+ deprecated + forRemoval
UnixDomainSocketAddress	added
StandardProtocolFamily
UNIX	added
java.nio.channels.spi
SelectorProvider
openServerSocketChannel(ProtocolFamily)	added
openSocketChannel(ProtocolFamily)	added
java.nio.channels
ServerSocketChannel
open(ProtocolFamily)	added
SocketChannel
open(ProtocolFamily)	added
java.nio.file
FileSystems
newFileSystem(Path)	added
newFileSystem(Path, Map)	added
newFileSystem(Path, Map, ClassLoader)	added
java.nio
Buffer
slice(int, int)	added
ByteBuffer
get(int, byte[])	added
get(int, byte[], int, int)	added
put(int, ByteBuffer, int, int)	added
put(int, byte[])	added
put(int, byte[], int, int)	added
slice(int, int)	added
CharBuffer
get(int, char[])	added
get(int, char[], int, int)	added
isEmpty()	added
put(int, CharBuffer, int, int)	added
put(int, char[])	added
put(int, char[], int, int)	added
slice(int, int)	added
DoubleBuffer
get(int, double[])	added
get(int, double[], int, int)	added
put(int, DoubleBuffer, int, int)	added
put(int, double[])	added
put(int, double[], int, int)	added
slice(int, int)	added
FloatBuffer
get(int, float[])	added
get(int, float[], int, int)	added
put(int, FloatBuffer, int, int)	added
put(int, float[])	added
put(int, float[], int, int)	added
slice(int, int)	added
IntBuffer
get(int, int[])	added
get(int, int[], int, int)	added
put(int, IntBuffer, int, int)	added
put(int, int[])	added
put(int, int[], int, int)	added
slice(int, int)	added
LongBuffer
get(int, long[])	added
get(int, long[], int, int)	added
put(int, LongBuffer, int, int)	added
put(int, long[])	added
put(int, long[], int, int)	added
slice(int, int)	added
MappedByteBuffer
force(int, int)	added
ShortBuffer
get(int, short[])	added
get(int, short[], int, int)	added
put(int, ShortBuffer, int, int)	added
put(int, short[])	added
put(int, short[], int, int)	added
slice(int, int)	added
java.security.acl	removed
java.security.cert
X509CRLSelector
addIssuerName(String)	+ deprecated
X509CRL
getIssuerDN()	+ deprecated
X509CertSelector
getIssuerAsString()	+ deprecated
getSubjectAsString()	+ deprecated
setIssuer(String)	+ deprecated
setSubject(String)	+ deprecated
X509Certificate
getIssuerDN()	+ deprecated
getSubjectDN()	+ deprecated
java.security.interfaces
EdECKey	added
EdECPrivateKey	added
EdECPublicKey	added
java.security.spec
EdDSAParameterSpec	added
EdECPoint	added
EdECPrivateKeySpec	added
EdECPublicKeySpec	added
MGF1ParameterSpec
SHA3_224	added
SHA3_256	added
SHA3_384	added
SHA3_512	added
toString()	added
NamedParameterSpec
ED25519	added
ED448	added
java.text
CompactNumberFormat
CompactNumberFormat(String, DecimalFormatSymbols,...	added
DecimalFormatSymbols
getMonetaryGroupingSeparator()	added
setMonetaryGroupingSeparator(char)	added
java.time.chrono
JapaneseEra
REIWA	added
java.time.format
DateTimeFormatterBuilder
appendDayPeriodText(TextStyle)	added
java.util.concurrent.locks
AbstractQueuedLongSynchronizer
AbstractQueuedLongSynchronizer()	- protected + public
LockSupport
setCurrentBlocker(Object)	added
java.util.jar
Pack200	removed
Pack200.Packer	removed
Pack200.Unpacker	removed
java.util.stream
DoubleStream.DoubleMapMultiConsumer	added
DoubleStream
mapMulti(DoubleStream.DoubleMapMultiConsumer)	added
IntStream.IntMapMultiConsumer	added
IntStream
mapMulti(IntStream.IntMapMultiConsumer)	added
LongStream.LongMapMultiConsumer	added
LongStream
mapMulti(LongStream.LongMapMultiConsumer)	added
Stream
mapMulti(BiConsumer)	added
mapMultiToDouble(BiConsumer)	added
mapMultiToInt(BiConsumer)	added
mapMultiToLong(BiConsumer)	added
toList()	added
java.util
HashSet
toArray()	added
toArray(Object[])	added
NoSuchElementException
NoSuchElementException(String, Throwable)	added
NoSuchElementException(Throwable)	added
Objects
checkFromIndexSize(long, long, long)	added
checkFromToIndex(long, long, long)	added
checkIndex(long, long)	added
TreeMap
compute(Object, BiFunction)	added
computeIfAbsent(Object, Function)	added
computeIfPresent(Object, BiFunction)	added
merge(Object, Object, BiFunction)	added
putIfAbsent(Object, Object)	added
javax.net.ssl
HandshakeCompletedEvent
getPeerCertificateChain()	+ forRemoval
SSLSession
getPeerCertificateChain()	- abstract + forRemoval
javax.security.cert
CertificateEncodingException	+ forRemoval
CertificateException	+ forRemoval
CertificateExpiredException	+ forRemoval
CertificateNotYetValidException	+ forRemoval
CertificateParsingException	+ forRemoval
Certificate	+ forRemoval
X509Certificate	+ forRemoval
java.compiler
javax.annotation.processing
ProcessingEnvironment
isPreviewEnabled()	added
javax.lang.model.element
ElementKind
BINDING_VARIABLE	added
RECORD	added
RECORD_COMPONENT	added
Modifier	- final
NON_SEALED	added preview
SEALED	added preview
ElementVisitor
visitRecordComponent(RecordComponentElement,...	added
Element
getAnnotationsByType(Class)	added
ExecutableElement
asType()	added
ModuleElement
asType()	added
PackageElement
asType()	added
RecordComponentElement	added
TypeElement
asType()	added
getPermittedSubclasses()	added preview
getRecordComponents()	added
TypeParameterElement
asType()	added
VariableElement
asType()	added
javax.lang.model.type
TypeMirror
getAnnotation(Class)	added
getAnnotationMirrors()	added
getAnnotationsByType(Class)	added
javax.lang.model.util
AbstractAnnotationValueVisitor14	added
AbstractElementVisitor14	added
AbstractElementVisitor6
visitRecordComponent(RecordComponentElement,...	added
AbstractTypeVisitor14	added
ElementFilter
recordComponentsIn(Iterable)	added
recordComponentsIn(Set)	added
ElementKindVisitor14	added
ElementKindVisitor6
visitTypeAsRecord(TypeElement, Object)	added
visitVariableAsBindingVariable(VariableElement,...	added
ElementScanner14	added
SimpleAnnotationValueVisitor14	added
SimpleElementVisitor14	added
SimpleTypeVisitor14	added
TypeKindVisitor14	added
Elements
recordComponentFor(ExecutableElement)	added
javax.lang.model
SourceVersion
RELEASE_13	added
RELEASE_14	added
RELEASE_15	added
RELEASE_16	added
javax.tools
ToolProvider
ToolProvider()	removed
StandardJavaFileManager
getJavaFileObjectsFromPaths(Collection)	added
getJavaFileObjectsFromPaths(Iterable)	+ deprecated
java.desktop
java.awt.color
ICC_Profile
finalize()	+ forRemoval
java.awt.dnd
DragSourceAdapter
DragSourceAdapter()	- public + protected
DropTargetAdapter
DropTargetAdapter()	- public + protected
java.awt.event
ComponentAdapter
ComponentAdapter()	- public + protected
ContainerAdapter
ContainerAdapter()	- public + protected
FocusAdapter
FocusAdapter()	- public + protected
HierarchyBoundsAdapter
HierarchyBoundsAdapter()	- public + protected
KeyAdapter
KeyAdapter()	- public + protected
MouseAdapter
MouseAdapter()	- public + protected
MouseMotionAdapter
MouseMotionAdapter()	- public + protected
WindowAdapter
WindowAdapter()	- public + protected
java.awt.font
GlyphVector
GlyphVector()	- public + protected
LayoutPath
LayoutPath()	- public + protected
LineMetrics
LineMetrics()	- public + protected
java.awt.image
AbstractMultiResolutionImage
AbstractMultiResolutionImage()	- public + protected
BufferStrategy
BufferStrategy()	- public + protected
ColorModel
finalize()	+ forRemoval
IndexColorModel
finalize()	+ forRemoval
RGBImageFilter
RGBImageFilter()	- public + protected
VolatileImage
VolatileImage()	- public + protected
java.awt.peer
ComponentPeer
checkImage(Image, int, int, ImageObserver)	removed
createImage(ImageProducer)	removed
prepareImage(Image, int, int, ImageObserver)	removed
MenuPeer
addSeparator()	removed
RobotPeer
dispose()	removed
useAbsoluteCoordinates()	added
java.awt
FocusTraversalPolicy
FocusTraversalPolicy()	- public + protected
Image
Image()	- public + protected
PrintJob
PrintJob()	- public + protected
Toolkit
Toolkit()	- public + protected
java.beans
PersistenceDelegate
PersistenceDelegate()	- public + protected
javax.accessibility
AccessibleContext
AccessibleContext()	- public + protected
AccessibleHyperlink
AccessibleHyperlink()	- public + protected
javax.print.event
PrintJobAdapter
PrintJobAdapter()	- public + protected
javax.print
PrintServiceLookup
PrintServiceLookup()	- public + protected
ServiceUIFactory
ServiceUIFactory()	- public + protected
StreamPrintServiceFactory
StreamPrintServiceFactory()	- public + protected
javax.sound.midi.spi
MidiDeviceProvider
MidiDeviceProvider()	- public + protected
MidiFileReader
MidiFileReader()	- public + protected
MidiFileWriter
MidiFileWriter()	- public + protected
SoundbankReader
SoundbankReader()	- public + protected
javax.sound.sampled.spi
AudioFileReader
AudioFileReader()	- public + protected
AudioFileWriter
AudioFileWriter()	- public + protected
FormatConversionProvider
FormatConversionProvider()	- public + protected
MixerProvider
MixerProvider()	- public + protected
javax.swing.border
AbstractBorder
AbstractBorder()	- public + protected
javax.swing.colorchooser
AbstractColorChooserPanel
AbstractColorChooserPanel()	- public + protected
javax.swing.event
InternalFrameAdapter
InternalFrameAdapter()	- public + protected
MouseInputAdapter
MouseInputAdapter()	- public + protected
javax.swing.filechooser
FileFilter
FileFilter()	- public + protected
FileView
FileView()	- public + protected
javax.swing.plaf.basic
BasicLookAndFeel
BasicLookAndFeel()	- public + protected
BasicRadioButtonUI
installListeners(AbstractButton)	removed
uninstallListeners(AbstractButton)	removed
BasicSliderUI
BasicSliderUI()	added
javax.swing.plaf.metal
MetalTheme
MetalTheme()	- public + protected
javax.swing.plaf.synth
SynthDesktopIconUI
uninstallComponents()	added
SynthPainter
SynthPainter()	- public + protected
javax.swing.plaf
ButtonUI
ButtonUI()	- public + protected
ColorChooserUI
ColorChooserUI()	- public + protected
ComboBoxUI
ComboBoxUI()	- public + protected
DesktopIconUI
DesktopIconUI()	- public + protected
DesktopPaneUI
DesktopPaneUI()	- public + protected
FileChooserUI
FileChooserUI()	- public + protected
InternalFrameUI
InternalFrameUI()	- public + protected
LabelUI
LabelUI()	- public + protected
ListUI
ListUI()	- public + protected
MenuBarUI
MenuBarUI()	- public + protected
MenuItemUI
MenuItemUI()	- public + protected
OptionPaneUI
OptionPaneUI()	- public + protected
PanelUI
PanelUI()	- public + protected
PopupMenuUI
PopupMenuUI()	- public + protected
ProgressBarUI
ProgressBarUI()	- public + protected
RootPaneUI
RootPaneUI()	- public + protected
ScrollBarUI
ScrollBarUI()	- public + protected
ScrollPaneUI
ScrollPaneUI()	- public + protected
SeparatorUI
SeparatorUI()	- public + protected
SliderUI
SliderUI()	- public + protected
SpinnerUI
SpinnerUI()	- public + protected
SplitPaneUI
SplitPaneUI()	- public + protected
TabbedPaneUI
TabbedPaneUI()	- public + protected
TableHeaderUI
TableHeaderUI()	- public + protected
TableUI
TableUI()	- public + protected
TextUI
TextUI()	- public + protected
ToolBarUI
ToolBarUI()	- public + protected
ToolTipUI
ToolTipUI()	- public + protected
TreeUI
TreeUI()	- public + protected
ViewportUI
ViewportUI()	- public + protected
javax.swing.table
AbstractTableModel
AbstractTableModel()	- public + protected
TableStringConverter
TableStringConverter()	- public + protected
javax.swing.text.html
HTMLDocument.Iterator
Iterator()	- public + protected
HTMLEditorKit.Parser
Parser()	- public + protected
javax.swing.text
DefaultTextUI
DefaultTextUI()	- public + protected
DocumentFilter.FilterBypass
FilterBypass()	- public + protected
GlyphView.GlyphPainter
GlyphPainter()	- public + protected
LayeredHighlighter.LayerPainter
LayerPainter()	- public + protected
LayeredHighlighter
LayeredHighlighter()	- public + protected
NavigationFilter.FilterBypass
FilterBypass()	- public + protected
javax.swing.tree
AbstractLayoutCache.NodeDimensions
NodeDimensions()	- public + protected
AbstractLayoutCache
AbstractLayoutCache()	- public + protected
javax.swing
AbstractButton
AbstractButton()	- public + protected
AbstractCellEditor
AbstractCellEditor()	- public + protected
AbstractListModel
AbstractListModel()	- public + protected
AbstractSpinnerModel
AbstractSpinnerModel()	- public + protected
FocusManager
FocusManager()	- public + protected
InputVerifier
InputVerifier()	- public + protected
InternalFrameFocusTraversalPolicy
InternalFrameFocusTraversalPolicy()	- public + protected
JFormattedTextField.AbstractFormatterFactory
AbstractFormatterFactory()	- public + protected
JFormattedTextField.AbstractFormatter
AbstractFormatter()	- public + protected
JPasswordField
setText(String)	added
JSlider.AccessibleJSlider	+ implements ChangeListener
stateChanged(ChangeEvent)	added
LookAndFeel
LookAndFeel()	- public + protected
RowFilter
RowFilter()	- public + protected
java.logging
java.util.logging
LogRecord
getLongThreadID()	added
getThreadID()	+ deprecated
setLongThreadID(long)	added
setThreadID(int)	+ deprecated
java.management.rmi
javax.management.remote.rmi
RMIConnectorServer
CREDENTIAL_TYPES	removed
java.management
javax.management.relation
RoleStatus
RoleStatus()	+ deprecated + forRemoval
java.net.http
java.net.http
HttpRequest.BodyPublishers
concat(HttpRequest.BodyPublisher...)	added
HttpRequest
newBuilder(HttpRequest, BiPredicate)	added
java.rmi
java.rmi.activation
Activatable	+ deprecated + forRemoval
ActivateFailedException	+ deprecated + forRemoval
ActivationDesc	+ deprecated + forRemoval
ActivationException	+ deprecated + forRemoval
ActivationGroupDesc	+ deprecated + forRemoval
ActivationGroupID	+ deprecated + forRemoval
ActivationGroup	+ deprecated + forRemoval
ActivationGroup_Stub	+ deprecated + forRemoval
ActivationID	+ deprecated + forRemoval
UnknownGroupException	+ deprecated + forRemoval
UnknownObjectException	+ deprecated + forRemoval
ActivationInstantiator	+ deprecated + forRemoval
ActivationMonitor	+ deprecated + forRemoval
ActivationSystem	+ deprecated + forRemoval
Activator	+ deprecated + forRemoval
java.security.jgss
javax.security.auth.kerberos
KerberosPrincipal
KRB_NT_ENTERPRISE	added
java.xml.crypto
javax.xml.crypto.dsig.keyinfo
KeyValue
EC_TYPE	added
javax.xml.crypto.dsig
CanonicalizationMethod
INCLUSIVE_11	added
INCLUSIVE_11_WITH_COMMENTS	added
java.xml
javax.xml.parsers
DocumentBuilderFactory
newDefaultNSInstance()	added
newNSInstance()	added
newNSInstance(String, ClassLoader)	added
SAXParserFactory
newDefaultNSInstance()	added
newNSInstance()	added
newNSInstance(String, ClassLoader)	added

Data Source

This report is based on simple comparison of all public and protected APIs of the java.* and javax.* packages of JDK builds 16.0.2+7-tem and 12.0.2+10-adpt. It does not make statements about compatibility.

For the latest Java versions the corresponding CSRs (Compatibility & Specification Review) are linked for a quick reference to find out about the reasoning of the change.