# javademos

Runnable companion code for the ankurm.com post **"Java 27 Is Out: Every JEP, Plus the Java 26 Changes You Skipped"**, and for the Java version guides
(<https://ankurm.com/java-21-to-25-lts-features/>). Every number and transcript in the post comes from a file in `docs/output/`, produced by a script in `scripts/`.

## What was tested against

| Thing | Version | Note |
|---|---|---|
| JDK 21 (LTS) | Amazon Corretto 21.0.12.1 | the start of the 21 to 25 lane |
| JDK 25 (LTS) | Temurin 25.0.4.1+1 | the baseline for "broke on 26" |
| JDK 26 | Amazon Corretto 26.0.2.1 | GA 2026-03-17, non-LTS |
| JDK 27 | Amazon Corretto 27+35 | GA 2026-09-15, non-LTS |
| Containers | `amazoncorretto:23`, `:24` (when did it change?), `:26`, `:27` | same vendor for both, so only the JDK version changes |
| JOL | 0.17 | downloaded and sha1-checked by `scripts/object-headers.sh` |

Next LTS: Java 29, September 2027 (Oracle Java SE Support Roadmap). Layout: `g1-container/`, `object-headers/`, `jep-tour/` (27 features and `broken/` 26-era sources),
`recap26/` (the Java 26 lane), `lanes/` (the 21 to 25 hub demos, the AI prompts in `lanes/prompts/` and the build-file demo in `lanes/upgrade/`), `other-changes/`, `api-diff/`.

## Quickstart

```bash
export JDK21=/path/to/jdk-21 JDK25=/path/to/jdk-25 JDK26=/path/to/jdk-26 JDK27=/path/to/jdk-27   # defaults are in scripts/env.sh
./scripts/jep-tour.sh          # the five 27 feature demos, self-asserting
./scripts/recap26.sh           # the 26 recap lane
./scripts/lanes.sh             # the 21 to 25 hub claims, checked on 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
./scripts/upgrade.sh           # the build-file half: Maven, Gradle, Lombok, --release, jdeps (needs Maven Central)
./scripts/run-all.sh           # regenerate every docs/output/*.txt (about 15-20 minutes; needs Docker)
```

Timings, RSS, GC counts and the Vector species are machine dependent; treat them as shape, not results. Everything else is byte-stable.

## Chapters

| # | Chapter |
|---|---|
| 1 | [What shipped, and what to believe](docs/01-what-shipped.md) |
| 2 | [G1 becomes the default, even on one CPU (JEP 523)](docs/02-g1-default.md) |
| 3 | [Compact object headers (JEP 534)](docs/03-compact-headers.md) |
| 4 | [Post-quantum TLS (JEP 527)](docs/04-post-quantum-tls.md) |
| 5 | [Primitive patterns (JEP 532)](docs/05-primitive-patterns.md) |
| 6 | [Lazy constants (JEP 531)](docs/06-lazy-constants.md) |
| 7 | [Structured concurrency (JEP 533)](docs/07-structured-concurrency.md) |
| 8 | [PEM encodings (JEP 538)](docs/08-pem-api.md) |
| 9 | [JFR redaction (JEP 536) and the Vector API (JEP 537)](docs/09-jfr-redaction-and-vector.md) |
| 10 | [Other 27 changes](docs/10-other-27-changes.md) |
| 11 | [Recap: the Java 26 changes you skipped](docs/11-recap-26.md) |
| 12 | [Version lanes: 25 to 29](docs/12-lanes-25-to-29.md) |
| 13 | [Upgrade checklist](docs/13-upgrade-checklist.md) |
| 14 | [The 21 to 25 lane: every claim in the hub posts, checked](docs/14-lanes-21-to-25.md) |
| 15 | [Build files: Maven, Gradle and Lombok on the way to 25](docs/15-build-files.md) |

## Captured output (`docs/output/`)

| File | Produced by | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| `01`-`03` | `g1-default.sh` | which collector each JDK picks, by container size; the opt-out |
| `04`-`06` | `g1-cost.sh`, `g1-tuning.sh` | what G1 costs on one CPU, and two tested explanations |
| `10`-`15` | `object-headers.sh` | JOL instance sizes on 26, 27, 27 opted out; the JOL record failure and workaround |
| `20-broken-*` | `broken-on-27.sh` | javac's own messages for 26-era preview code on 27 |
| `21`-`25` | `jep-tour.sh` | the five 27 feature demos |
| `30`-`32` | `tls-pq.sh` | key-exchange matrix, ClientHello size, the opt-out |
| `40` | `jfr-redaction.sh` | five redaction configurations |
| `50`-`52` | `api-diff.sh` | public API diffs, 26 to 27, 25 to 26, Vector only |
| `60`-`62` | `other-changes.sh` | removed options, behaviour changes, new 27 API |
| `70`-`75` | `recap26.sh` | final-field mutation, AOT cache matrix and startup, removals, 26 API, HTTP/3 |
| `92`-`97` | `upgrade.sh` | Maven release 25 on JDK 21, 25, 27, Gradle 8 vs 9 on JDK 25, `--release` vs `-source/-target`, Lombok and Mockito by version, `jdeps --jdk-internals` |
| `80`-`91` | `lanes.sh` | the 21 to 25 hub claims on JDK 21, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27: scoped values, structured concurrency, finalization, pinning, ZGC flags, warnings |

## Not reproduced

`jdk.java.net/27` and `openjdk.org/jeps` returned 403 while this was written; the JEP list was cross-checked against four secondary sources and the JDK binaries themselves.
HTTP/3 was not spoken to a real HTTP/3 server (no UDP egress). JEP 522 was not benchmarked. JDK-8377013 could not be reproduced.

MIT licensed, see `LICENSE`.