Modern Java Workshop

OpenJDK 17: Get Ready
For the Next LTS Java
Presented by Simon Ritter, Deputy CTO | Azul Systems Inc.

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Introduction
Java has changed…
…a lot
• Six-month release cadence
• Eight releases since JDK 9
• More features being delivered faster than ever before
• This session will explore new features added since JDK 11
• Helping you to be ready for JDK 17, the next LTS release

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A Brief Word on JDK Licensing
• Since JDK 11, the Oracle JDK uses a new license
o Oracle Technology Network License Agreement
• More restrictive in where it can be used freely
o Personal or development use
o Oracle approved applications and Oracle Cloud use
o Any other use requires a Java SE subscription to be purchased
• There are many alternative binary distributions of OpenJDK
o More on this later…

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Incubator Modules
• Defined by JEP 11
• Non-final APIs and non-final tools
o Deliver to developers to solicit feedback
o Can result in changes or even removal
o First example: HTTP/2 API (Introduced in JDK 9, final in JDK 11)

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Preview Features
• Defined by JEP 12
• New feature of the Java language, JVM or Java SE APIs
o Fully specified, fully implemented but not permanent
o Solicit developer real-world use and experience
o May lead to becoming a permanent feature in future release
• Must be explicitly enabled
o javac --release 17 --enable-preview ...
o java --enable-preview ...
• Preview APIs
o May be required for a preview language feature
o Part of the Java SE API (java or javax namespace)

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Switch Expressions (Preview)
• Switch construct was a statement
o No concept of generating a result that could be assigned
• Rather clunky syntax
o Every case statement needs to be separated
o Must remember break (default is to fall through)
o Scope of local variables is not intuitive

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Old-Style Switch Statement
int numberOfLetters;
switch (day) {
case MONDAY:
case FRIDAY:
case SUNDAY:
numberOfLetters = 6;
break;
case TUESDAY:
break;
case THURSDAY:
case SATURDAY:
break;
case WEDNESDAY:
break;
default:
throw new IllegalStateException("Huh?: " + day); };

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New-Style Switch Expression
int numberOfLetters = switch (day) {
case MONDAY, FRIDAY, SUNDAY -> 6;
case TUESDAY -> 7;
case THURSDAY, SATURDAY -> 8;
case WEDNESDAY -> 9;
default -> throw new IllegalStateException("Huh?: " + day);
};

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New Old-Style Switch Expression
case MONDAY:
case FRIDAY:
case SUNDAY:
break 6;
case TUESDAY
break 7;
case THURSDAY
case SATURDAY
break 8;
case WEDNESDAY
break 9;
default:
throw new IllegalStateException("Huh?: " + day);
};

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Switch Expression: Code Blocks
int levelResult = switch (level) {
case 1 -> {
var x = computeFrom(level);
logger.info("Level 1 alert");
break x;
}
case 2 -> {
var x = negativeComputeFrom(level);
logger.info("Level 2 alert");
break x;
}
default -> throw new IllegalStateException("What level?: " + level);
};

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Streams
• New collector, teeing
o teeing(Collector, Collector, BiFunction)
• Collect a stream using two collectors
• Use a BiFunction to merge the two collections
Collector 1
Collector 2
BiFunction
Stream Result

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Streams
// Averaging
Double average = Stream.of(1, 4, 5, 2, 1, 7)
.collect(teeing(summingDouble(i -> i), counting(),
(sum, n) -> sum / n));

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Text Blocks (Preview)
String webPage = """
<html>
<body>
My web page
</body>
</html> """;
System.out.println(webPage);
$ java WebPage
<html>
<body>
My web page
</body>
</html>
$
incidental white space
Must be followed by newline
Any trailing whitespace is stripped

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Text Blocks (Preview)
String webPage = """
<html>
<body>
My web page
</body>
</html>
""";
System.out.println(webPage);
$ java WebPage
<html>
<body>
My web page
</body>
</html>
$
Additional blank line
incidental white space
Intentional indentation

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Switch Expression
case MONDAY:
case FRIDAY:
case SUNDAY:
break 6;
case TUESDAY
break 7;
case THURSDAY
case SATURDAY
break 8;
case WEDNESDAY
break 9;
default:
};

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Switch Expression
case MONDAY:
case FRIDAY:
case SUNDAY:
yield 6;
case TUESDAY
yield 7;
case THURSDAY
case SATURDAY
yield 8;
case WEDNESDAY
yield 9;
default:
};

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Simple Java Data Class
class Point {
private final double x;
private final double y;
public Point(double x, double y) {
this.x = x;
this.y = y;
}
public double x() {
return x;
}
public double y() {
return y;
}
}

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Records (Preview)
record Point(double x, double y) { }
record Anything<T>(T t) { } // Generic Record
public record Circle(double radius) {
private static final double PI = 3.142; // Static instance fields are allowed
public double area() {
return radius * PI;
}
}

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Record Additional Details
• The base class of all records is java.lang.Record
o Records cannot sub-class (but may implement interfaces)
• Object methods equals(), hashCode() and toString() can be overridden
• Records are implicitly final (although you may add the modifier)
• Records do not follow the Java bean pattern
o x() not getX() in Point example
o record Point(getX, getY) // If you must

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Record Constructors
record Trex(int x, int y) {
public Trex(int x, int y) { // Canonical constructor
if (x < y)
System.out.println("inverted values");
this.x = x; // This line needed
this.y = y; // This line needed
}
}
record Range(int low, int high) {
public Range { // Compact constructor
if (low > high)
throw new IllegalArgumentException("Bad values");
}
}
Compact constructor can only
throw unchecked exception

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Record Constructors
public Trex(int x, int y, int z) throws TrexException { // Standard constructor
this(x, y); // This line must be present
if (x < y)
throw new TrexException(); // Checked Exception
}
}
Constructor signature must be
different to canonical

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Record Default Constructor
public Trex() { // Default constructor
this(2, 3); // This line must be present
}
}

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Using instanceof
if (obj instanceof String) {
String s = (String)obj;
System.out.println(s.length());
}

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Pattern Matching instanceof (Preview)
if (obj instanceof String s)
else
// Use of s not allowed here
if (obj instanceof String s && s.length() > 0)
// Compiler error
if (obj instanceof String s || s.length() > 0)

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Pattern Matching instanceof (Preview)
• Uses flow scoping
if (!(o instanceof String s)
return;

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Pattern Matching instanceof (JEP 394)
• Be careful of scope!
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class BadPattern {
String s = "One";
void testMyObject(Object o) {
if (o instanceof String s) {
System.out.println(s); // Prints contents of o
s = s + " Two"; // Modifies pattern variable
}
System.out.println(s); // Prints "One"
}
}

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Text Blocks
• Second preview
• Two new escape sequences
String continuous = """
This line will not
contain a newline in the middle
and solves the extra blank line issue
""";
String endSpace = """
This line will not s
lose the trailing spaces s""";

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Foreign-Memory Access API (JEP 393)
• API for safe and efficient access to memory outside of the Java heap
• MemorySegment
o Models a contiguous area of memory
• MemoryAddress
o Models an individual memory address (on or off heap)
• MemoryLayout
o Programmatic description of a MemorySegment
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try (MemorySegment segment = MemorySegment.allocateNative(100)) {
for (int i = 0; i < 25; i++)
MemoryAccess.setIntAtOffset(segment, i * 4, i);
}

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Foreign-Memory Access API (JEP 393)
• Example using MemoryLayout and VarHandle
o Simpler access of structured data
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SequenceLayout intArrayLayout
= MemoryLayout.ofSequence(25,
MemoryLayout.ofValueBits(32,
ByteOrder.nativeOrder()));
VarHandle indexedElementHandle
= intArrayLayout.varHandle(int.class,
PathElement.sequenceElement());
try (MemorySegment segment = MemorySegment.allocateNative(intArrayLayout)) {
for (int i = 0; i < intArrayLayout.elementCount().getAsLong(); i++)
indexedElementHandle.set(segment, (long) i, i);
}

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Helpful NullPointerException
• Who's never had an NullPointerException?
• Enabled with -XX:+ShowCodeDetailsInExceptionMessages
a.b.c.i = 99;
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
at Prog.main(Prog.java:5)
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException:
Cannot read field "c" because "a.b" is null
at Prog.main(Prog.java:5)

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Packaging Tool
• Originally part of JavaFX, which was removed in JDK 11
• Leverages other tools
o jlink for minimised JDK
o Platform specific packaging tools like rpm on Linux, pkg on Mac
• Multiple command line options
jpackage
--name PDFShow
--app-version ${RELEASE_VERSION}
--license-file LICENSE.txt
--vendor "${COMPANY_NAME}"
--type "${inst_format}"
--icon src/main/resources/images/logo.${icon_format}
--input target
--main-jar pdfshow-${RELEASE_VERSION}-jar-with-dependencies.jar
--linux-shortcut --linux-menu-group Office

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Java Inheritance
• A class (or interface) in Java can be sub-classed by any class
o Unless it is marked as final
Shape
Triangle Square Pentagon

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Sealed Classes (JEP 360)
• Preview feature
• Sealed classes allow control over which classes can sub-class a class
o Think of final as the ultimate sealed class
• Although called sealed classes, this also applies to interfaces

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• Uses contextual keywords
o New idea replacing restricted identifiers and keywords
o sealed, permits and non-sealed
• Classes must all be in the same package or module
public sealed class Shape permits Triangle, Square, Pentagon { ... }
Shape
Triangle Square Pentagon Circle
X

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• All sub-classes must have inheritance capabilities explicitly specified
// Restrict sub-classes to defined set
public sealed class Triangle permits Equilateral, Isosoles extends Shape { ... }
// Prevent any further sub-classing
public final class Square extends Shape { ... }
// Allow any classes to sub-class this one (open)
public non-sealed class Pentagon extends Shape { ... }

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Records (Second Preview)
• Record fields are now (really) final
o Cannot be changed via reflection (will throw IllegalAccessException)
• Native methods now explicitly prohibited
o Could introduce behaviour dependent on external state

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• Local records
o Like a local class
o Implicitly static (also now applies to enums and interfaces)
List<Seller> findTopSellers(List<Seller> sellers, int month) {
// Local record
record Sales(Seller seller, double sales) {}
return sellers.stream()
.map(seller -> new Sales(seller, salesInMonth(seller, month)))
.sorted((s1, s2) -> Double.compare(s2.sales(), s1.sales()))
.map(Sales::seller)
.collect(toList());
}

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• Records work with sealed classes (interfaces)
public sealed interface Car permits RedCar, BlueCar { ... }
public record RedCar(int w) implements Car { ... }
public record BlueCar(long w, int c) implements Car { ... }

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Pattern Matching instanceof
• Now a final feature (as are Records in JDK 16)
• Two minor changes to previous iterations
o Pattern variables are no longer explicitly final
o Compile-time error to compare an expression of type S against a pattern of type T where S is a sub-type of T
static void printColoredPoint(Rectangle r) {
if (r instanceof Rectangle rect) {
System.out.println(rect);
}
}
| Error:
| pattern type Rectangle is a subtype of expression type Rectangle
| if (r instanceof Rectangle rect) {
| ^-------------------------^

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Streams mapMulti
• Similar to flatMap
o Each element on the input stream is mapped to zero or more elements on the output stream
o Difference is that a mapping can be applied at the same time
o Uses a BiConsumer
• 1 to (0..1) example
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Stream.of("Java", "Python", "JavaScript", "C#", "Ruby")
.mapMulti((str, consumer) -> {
if (str.length() > 4)
consumer.accept(str.length()); // lengths larger than 4
})
.forEach(i -> System.out.print(i + " "));
// 6 10

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Stream mapMulti
• 1 to 1 example
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Stream.of("Java", "Python", "JavaScript", "C#", "Ruby")
.mapMulti((str, consumer) -> consumer.accept(str.length()))
// 4 6 10 2 4

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Stream mapMulti
• 1 to many example
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Stream.of("Java", "Python", "JavaScript", "C#", "Ruby", "")
.mapMulti((str, consumer) -> {
for (int i = 0; i < str.length(); i++)
consumer.accept(str.length());
})
// 4 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 2 2 4 4 4 4

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Stream toList()
• Simplified terminal operation that avoids explicit use of collect()
List l = Stream.of(1, 2, 3)
.collect(Collectors.toList());
List l = Stream.of(1, 2, 3)
.toList();

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Period of Day
• More variation than simple A.M. or P.M.
• More descriptive
jshell> DateTimeFormatter.ofPattern("B").format(LocalTime.now())
$3 ==> "in the afternoon"

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Vector API (Incubator Module)
• Not to be confused with the Vector collection class
• API to express vector computations
o Compile at runtime to optimal hardware instructions
o Deliver superior performance to equivalent scalar operations
• Ideally, this would not be necessary
o Compiler should identify where vector operations can be used
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14
11
8
12
16
13
10
+2
+2
+2
+2
10 14 11 8
+2
12 16 13 10
+2
+2 +2

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Code Example
private void addArraysIfEven(int a[], int b[]) {
for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i++)
if ((b[i] & 0x1) == 0)
a[i] += b[i];
}

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Generated Code (No Vector API)
Loop unrolling
no vector instructions

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Code Example With Vector API
private void addArraysIfEven(int a[], int b[]) {
VectorSpecies<Integer> species = IntVector.SPECIES_256;
for (int i = 0; i < a.length; i += species.length()) {
if ((b[i] & 0x1) == 0) {
var mask = species.indexInRange(i, a.length);
var vectorA = IntVector.fromArray(species, a, i, mask);
var vectorB = IntVector.fromArray(species, b, i, mask);
var vectorC = vectorA.add(vectorB);
vectorC.intoArray(a, i, mask);
}
}
}

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Generated Code (Vector API)
Loop unrolling
plus vector instructions

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Foreign Linker API (JEP 389): Incubator
• Provides statically-typed, pure-Java access to native code
o Works in conjunction with the Foreign Memory Access API
o Initially targeted at C native code. C++ should follow
• More powerful when combined with Project Panama jextract command
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public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
var linker = CLinker.getInstance();
var lookup = LibraryLookup.ofDefault();
// get a native method handle for 'getpid' function
var getpid = linker.downcallHandle(lookup.lookup("getpid").get(),
MethodType.methodType(int.class),
FunctionDescriptor.of(CLinker.C_INT));
System.out.println((int)getpid.invokeExact());
}

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Warnings for Value-Based Classes
• Part of Project Valhalla, which adds value-types to Java
o Introduces the concept of primitive classes
• Primitive wrapper classes (Integer, Float, etc.) designated value-based
o Constructors were deprecated in JDK 9
o Now marked as for removal
o Attempting to synchronize on an instance of a value-based class will issue a warning
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Pattern Matching for switch
• Switch is limited on what types you can use (Integral values, Strings, enumerations)
• This is now expanded to allow type patterns to be matched
o Like pattern matching for instanceof
void typeTester(Object o) {
switch (o) {
case null -> System.out.println("Null type");
case String s -> System.out.println("String: " + s);
case Color c -> System.out.println("Color with RGB: " + c.getRGB());
case int[] ia -> System.out.println("Array of ints, length" + ia.length);
default -> System.out.println(o.toString());
}
}

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Pattern Matching for switch (Completeness)
switch (o) {
case Integer i -> System.out.println("Integer with value " + i.getInteger());
}
}
switch (o) {
case Integer i -> System.out.println("Integer with value " + i.getInteger());
default -> System.out.println("Some other type");
}
}
void typeTester(Shape shape) { // Using previous sealed class example
switch (shape) {
case Triangle t -> System.out.println("It's a triangle");
case Square s -> System.out.println("It's a square");
case Pentagon p -> System.out.println("It's a pentagon");
}
}

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Guarded Patterns
void shapeTester(Shape shape) { // Using previous sealed class example
switch (shape) {
case Triangle t && t.area() > 25 -> System.out.println("It's a big triangle");
case Triangle t -> System.out.println("It's a small triangle");
case Square s -> System.out.println("It's a square");
case Pentagon p -> System.out.println("It's a pentagon");
}
}
GuardedPattern:
PrimaryPattern && ConditionalAndExpression

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Removed From The JDK
• JDK 14: CMS Garbage Collector
o You should really be using G1 (or Azul Prime)
• JDK 15: Nashorn scripting engine
o JavaScript from Java?
• JDK 17: Experimental AOT and JIT compilers
o Didn't shown much appeal
• JDK 17: Deprecate the Security Manager for removal
o No, it doesn't make Java less secure

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Internal JDK APIs
• JDK 9 introduced encapsulation of internal JDK APIs
o Never intended for general developer use
o Too difficult for backwards compatibility
- Off by default
- Controlled by --illegal-access flag
• JDK 16 took this one step further
o Default became deny access
o Access could still be turned back on
• JDK 17 completes strong encapsulation (almost)
o The --illegal-access flag now has no effect (just a warning)
o Critical APIs (like sun.misc.Unsafe) are still accessible

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Azul Platform Core / Azul Zulu Builds of OpenJDK
• Enhanced build of OpenJDK source code
o Fully TCK tested
o JDK 6, 7, 8, 11, 13 and 15 supported with updates
• Wide platform support:
o Intel 64-bit Windows, Mac, Linux
o Intel 32-bit Windows and Linux
• Real drop-in replacement for Oracle JDK
o Many enterprise customers
o No reports of any compatibility issues

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Azul Platform Core Extended Support
• Backporting of bug fixes and security patches from supported OpenJDK release
• Azul Zulu Builds of OpenJDK 8 supported until December 2030
• LTS releases have 9 years active + 2 years passive support
• JDK 15 is a Medium Term Support release
o Bridge to next LTS release (JDK 17)
o Supported until 18 months after JDK 17 release

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Conclusions
• The six-month release cycle is working well
• The language is developing to address some developerpain-points
• There are some other new features we have not been able to cover
o JVM specific things
• Use Azul Platform Core, with Azul Zulu builds of OpenJDK, if you want to deploy to production

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