New APIs in Java 26

Comparing Java 26 (26-ea+22-2263-open) with Java 25 (25.0.1+8-27-open).

Element	Modification
java.base
java.lang.classfile
ClassFile
JAVA_26_VERSION	added
Signature.ClassTypeSig
of(Signature.ClassTypeSig, ClassDesc,...	+ deprecated + forRemoval
java.lang.reflect
ClassFileFormatVersion
RELEASE_26	added
java.lang
Thread
stop()	removed
java.math
BigInteger
rootn(int)	added
rootnAndRemainder(int)	added
java.net
DatagramSocketImpl
getTTL()	removed
setTTL(byte)	removed
MulticastSocket
getTTL()	removed
send(DatagramPacket, byte)	removed
setTTL(byte)	removed
SocketPermission	+ deprecated + forRemoval
java.nio
ByteOrder	- extends Object + extends Enum
toString()	removed
valueOf(String)	added
values()	added
java.security
SecureRandom
nextLong()	added
java.time
Duration
MAX	added
MIN	added
Instant
plusSaturating(Duration)	added
java.util
Locale.IsoCountryCode	- abstract + final
Comparator
max(Object, Object)	added
min(Object, Object)	added
java.compiler
javax.lang.model
SourceVersion
RELEASE_26	added
java.desktop
java.applet	removed
java.beans
Beans
instantiate(ClassLoader, String, BeanContext,...	removed
AppletInitializer	removed
javax.imageio.spi
ServiceRegistry
finalize()	removed
javax.imageio.stream
FileCacheImageInputStream
finalize()	removed
FileImageInputStream
finalize()	removed
FileImageOutputStream
finalize()	removed
ImageInputStreamImpl
finalize()	removed
MemoryCacheImageInputStream
finalize()	removed
javax.swing.plaf.synth
SynthPasswordFieldUI
installKeyboardActions()	removed
javax.swing
JApplet.AccessibleJApplet	removed
JApplet	removed
RepaintManager
addDirtyRegion(Applet, int, int, int, int)	removed
java.management
javax.management.modelmbean
DescriptorSupport
DescriptorSupport(String)	removed
toXMLString()	removed
XMLParseException	removed
java.net.http
java.net.http
HttpRequest.BodyPublishers
ofFileChannel(FileChannel, long, long)	added
HttpRequest
getOption(HttpOption)	added
HttpResponse.PushPromiseHandler.PushId.Http3PushId	added
StreamLimitException	added
UnsupportedProtocolVersionException	added
HttpClient.Version
HTTP_3	added
HttpOption.Http3DiscoveryMode	added
HttpOption	added
HttpRequest.Builder
setOption(HttpOption, Object)	added
HttpResponse.PushPromiseHandler.PushId	added
HttpResponse.PushPromiseHandler
applyPushPromise(HttpRequest, HttpRequest,...	added
notifyAdditionalPromise(HttpRequest,...	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+22-2263-open and 25.0.1+8-27-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.