Twelve Years in the Making: JDK 28 Ships Value Classes Preview
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Discussion of the blog article Twelve Years in the Making: JDK 28 Ships Value Classes Preview.
A technical deep dive into the features shaping the next Java feature release, due March 2027 — including the twelve-year backstory behind its headline feature.
JDK 28 is a non-LTS ("feature release") of the Java Platform, tracked as JSR 403 in the Java Community Process. It follows JDK 27 (due September 15, 2026) on Java's strict six-month release cadence, and — like every other non-LTS release since Java moved to time-boxed shipping — it will get only six months of Oracle support before end-o
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