Java 18

Status	End of Life
Release Date	2022-03-22
EOL Date	2022-09-20
Latest Version	18.0.2.1
Class File Version	62.0
API Changes	Compare to 17 - 16 - 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

Data Source

New Features

JVM

UTF-8 by Default (JEP 400)

Language

Pattern Matching for switch 2. Preview (JEP 420, Java Almanac)

API

Reimplement Core Reflection with Method Handles (JEP 416)
Vector API 3. Incubator (JEP 417)
Internet-Address Resolution SPI (JEP 418)
Foreign Function & Memory API 2. Incubator (JEP 419)
Deprecate Finalization for Removal (JEP 421)

Tools

Simple Web Server (JEP 408)
Code Snippets in Java API Documentation (JEP 413)

Downloads

Vendor	Product	License	Platform Downloads
Adoptium	Eclipse Temurin	GPLv2+CE	alpine-x64 linux-arm32 linux-arm64 linux-ppc64le linux-s390x linux-x64 macos-arm64 macos-x64 windows-x86 windows-x64
Azul Systems	Zulu Builds of OpenJDK 18	GPLv2+CE	alpine-arm64 alpine-x64 linux-arm64 linux-x86 linux-x64 macos-arm64 macos-x64 windows-arm64 windows-x86 windows-x64
BellSoft	Liberica	GPLv2+CE	alpine-arm64 alpine-x64 linux-arm32 linux-arm64 linux-ppc64le linux-x86 linux-x64 macos-arm64 macos-x64 windows-arm64 windows-x86 windows-x64
Oracle	Oracle JDK 18	Oracle No-Fee	linux-arm64 linux-x64 macos-arm64 macos-x64 windows-x64
SAP	SapMachine 18	GPLv2+CE	linux-arm64 linux-ppc64le linux-x64 macos-arm64 macos-x64 windows-x64

Data Source

Sandbox

Instantly compile and run Java 18 snippets without a local Java installation.

import javax.lang.model.SourceVersion; public class Java18 { public static void main(String[] args) { System.out.println("Runtime required for this: " + SourceVersion.RELEASE_18.runtimeVersion()); } }