java-26share & followShare this post with your community:I'm active on various platforms. Watch this space or follow me there to get notified when I publish new content:▼s+fShare this post with your community:I'm active on various platforms. Watch this space or follow me there to get notified when I publish new content:Avoiding Final Field Mutation#post#java‑26 #core‑lang #migration #librariesReflective mutation of final field mutation will soon be disabled by default and should be avoided if possible - here's how2026-04-27LazyConstants in JDK 26 - Inside Java Newscast #106#video#java‑26 #core‑libsLazily initializing fields in Java is error-prone and undermines constant-folding. JDK 26 comes with JEP 526, which previews LazyConstant, a type that lazily initializes a value through a given Supplier.2026-02-05All Features in Java 26 - Inside Java Newscast #102#video#java‑26Java 26 enters rampdown phase 1, which sets its feature set in stone: HTTP/3 support, performance and AOT improvements, new command-line flags to manage final field mutation, and more2025-12-04Java 26 Warns of Deep Reflection - Inside Java Newscast #101#video#java‑26Java 26 will issue run-time warnings when a final field is mutated through reflection. This prepares a future change that will make such final field mutation illegal by default to improve Java's integrity.2025-11-20Three G1 Improvements - Inside Java Newscast #99#video#performance #java‑26Java's (almost) default garbage collector G1 is undergoing even more improvements2025-10-23Structured Concurrency in Action#talk#structured‑concurrency #java‑26A deep-dive into the structured concurrency API as it is currently proposed2025-09-03
