This week’s Java roundup for October 25th, 2021 features news from OpenJDK, JDK 18, numerous updates on Spring projects, MicroStream 6.0, Quarkus 2.4.0, Hibernate Reactive 1.0, Open Liberty 21.0.0.11, Eclipse Vert.x 4.2.0, Red Hat introduces Cryostat 2.0, GraalVM Native Build Tools 0.9.7.1, Liberica Native Image Kit 21.3 and JDKMon 17.0.7.
OpenJDK
After its review has concluded, JEP 416, Reimplement Core Reflection with Method Handles, has been promoted from Proposed to Target to Targeted status for JDK 18. This JEP proposes to reimplement the java.lang.reflect classes, Method, Constructor<T> and Field, on top of method handles defined in java.lang.invoke. These method handles will now serve as the mechanism for reflection to reduce the cost of maintenance and development of both packages.
