New APIs in Java 26

Comparing Java 26 (26-ea+1-2-open) with Java 25 (25-ea+26-3358-open).

Element	Modification
java.base
java.lang.classfile
ClassFile
JAVA_26_VERSION	added
java.lang.reflect
ClassFileFormatVersion
RELEASE_26	added
java.compiler
javax.lang.model
SourceVersion
RELEASE_26	added

Data Source

This report is based on simple comparison of all public and protected APIs of the Java SE packages of JDK builds 26-ea+1-2-open and 25-ea+26-3358-open. 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.