JEP 0: JEP Index

Owner	Mark Reinhold
Created	2011/08/24 17:33
Updated	2016/11/18 20:15
Type	Informational
Status	Active

This JEP is the index of all JDK Enhancement Proposals, known as JEPs.
See JEP 1 for an overview of the JEP Process.

P	Can					1	JDK Enhancement-Proposal & Roadmap Process
P	Can					2	JEP Template
F	Clo	8	spec	/	lang	101	Generalized Target-Type Inference
F	Clo	9	core	/	lang	102	Process API Updates
F	Com	8	core	/	—	103	Parallel Array Sorting
F	Clo	8	spec	/	lang	104	Annotations on Java Types
F	Clo	8	tools	/	javac	105	DocTree API
F	Clo	8	tools	/	javadoc(tool)	106	Add Javadoc to javax.tools
F	Clo	8	core	/	—	107	Bulk Data Operations for Collections
F	Clo		core	/	—	108	Collections Enhancements from Third-Party Libraries
F	Clo	8	core	/	—	109	Enhance Core Libraries with Lambda
F	Int	9	core	/	net	110	HTTP/2 Client
F	Can		core	/	—	111	Additional Unicode Constructs for Regular Expressions
F	Clo	8	core	/	—	112	Charset Implementation Improvements
F	Clo	8	security	/	—	113	MS-SFU Kerberos 5 Extensions
F	Com	8	security	/	javax.net.ssl	114	TLS Server Name Indication (SNI) Extension
F	Com	8	security	/	—	115	AEAD CipherSuites
F	Can		security	/	javax.net.ssl	116	Extended Validation SSL Certificates
F	Clo	8	tools	/	javac	117	Remove the Annotation-Processing Tool (apt)
F	Clo	8	spec	/	vm	118	Access to Parameter Names at Runtime
F	Clo	8	core	/	—	119	javax.lang.model Implementation Backed by Core Reflection
F	Clo	8	spec	/	lang	120	Repeating Annotations
F	Clo	8	security	/	—	121	Stronger Algorithms for Password-Based Encryption
F	Clo	8	hotspot	/	gc	122	Remove the Permanent Generation
F	Com	8	security	/	security	123	Configurable Secure Random-Number Generation
F	Clo	8	security	/	—	124	Enhance the Certificate Revocation-Checking API
F	Can		core	/	net	125	Network Interface Aliases, Events, and Defaults
F	Clo	8	tools	/	javac	126	Lambda Expressions & Virtual Extension Methods
F	Clo	8	core	/	util:i18n	127	Improve Locale Data Packaging and Adopt Unicode CLDR Data
F	Clo	8	core	/	util:i18n	128	BCP 47 Locale Matching
F	Com	8	security	/	—	129	NSA Suite B Cryptographic Algorithms
F	Com	8	security	/	security	130	SHA-224 Message Digests
F	Com	8	security	/	javax.crypto:pkcs11	131	PKCS#11 Crypto Provider for 64-bit Windows
F	Dra		—	/	—	132	More-prompt finalization
F	Clo	8	core	/	—	133	Unicode 6.2
F	Can		hotspot	/	gc	134	Intuitive Semantics for Nested Reference Objects
F	Com	8	core	/	—	135	Base64 Encoding & Decoding
F	Com	8	hotspot	/	runtime	136	Enhanced Verification Errors
F	Dra	7u4	—	/	—	137	Diagnostic-Command Framework
F	Clo	8	—	/	—	138	Autoconf-Based Build System
F	Clo	8	tools	/	javac	139	Enhance javac to Improve Build Speed
F	Clo	8	security	/	—	140	Limited doPrivileged
F	Can		hotspot	/	gc	141	Increase the Client VM's Default Heap Size
F	Com	8	hotspot	/	gc	142	Reduce Cache Contention on Specified Fields
F	Clo	9	hotspot	/	runtime	143	Improve Contended Locking
F	Can		hotspot	/	gc	144	Reduce GC Latency for Large Heaps
F	Can		hotspot	/	runtime	146	Improve Fatal Error Logs
F	Clo	8	hotspot	/	runtime	147	Reduce Class Metadata Footprint
F	Com	8	hotspot	/	runtime	148	Small VM
F	Clo	8	core	/	—	149	Reduce Core-Library Memory Usage
F	Clo	8	core	/	—	150	Date & Time API
F	Clo		core	/	—	151	Compress Time-Zone Data
F	Can		security	/	javax.crypto	152	Crypto Operations with Network HSMs
F	Clo	8	client	/	—	153	Launch JavaFX Applications
F	Clo		core	/	—	154	Remove Serialization
F	Com	8	core	/	—	155	Concurrency Updates
F	Clo	8u40	hotspot	/	gc	156	G1 GC: Reduce need for full GCs
F	Can		hotspot	/	gc	157	G1 GC: NUMA-Aware Allocation
F	Clo	9	hotspot	/	svc	158	Unified JVM Logging
F	Sub		hotspot	/	svc	159	Enhanced Class Redefinition
F	Com	8	—	/	—	160	Lambda-Form Representation for Method Handles
F	Clo	8	—	/	—	161	Compact Profiles
F	Com	8	—	/	—	162	Prepare for Modularization
F	Dra		hotspot	/	gc	163	Enable NUMA Mode by Default When Appropriate
F	Com	8	—	/	—	164	Leverage CPU Instructions for AES Cryptography
F	Com	9	hotspot	/	compiler	165	Compiler Control
F	Clo	8	security	/	—	166	Overhaul JKS-JCEKS-PKCS12 Keystores
F	Clo		hotspot	/	svc	167	Event-Based JVM Tracing
F	Clo	8	core-svc	/	—	168	Network Discovery of Manageable Java Processes
F	Dra		hotspot	/	compiler	169	Value Objects
F	Clo	8	core	/	—	170	JDBC 4.2
F	Com	8	hotspot	/	runtime	171	Fence Intrinsics
F	Clo	8	tools	/	javadoc(tool)	172	DocLint
F	Clo	8	hotspot	/	gc	173	Retire Some Rarely-Used GC Combinations
F	Clo	8	core	/	jdk.nashorn	174	Nashorn JavaScript Engine
F	Com	8u20	—	/	—	175	PowerPC/AIX Port
F	Com	8	—	/	—	176	Mechanical Checking of Caller-Sensitive Methods
F	Clo	8	core	/	—	177	Optimize java.text.DecimalFormat.format
F	Clo	8	core	/	—	178	Statically-Linked JNI Libraries
F	Clo	8	—	/	—	179	Document JDK API Support and Stability
F	Com	8	core	/	—	180	Handle Frequent HashMap Collisions with Balanced Trees
F	Dra		hotspot	/	runtime	181	Align JVM Checks with Java Language Rules for Nested Classes
I	Dra					182	Policy for Retiring javac -source and -target Options
F	Can		core	/	net	183	HTTP Cross-Origin Resource Sharing
F	Com	8	core	/	net	184	HTTP URL Permissions
F	Com	8	xml	/	jaxp	185	Restrict Fetching of External XML Resources
F	Dra		spec	/	lang	186	Collection Literals
I	Dra					188	Java Memory Model Update
F	Sub		hotspot	/	gc	189	Shenandoah: An Ultra-Low-Pause-Time Garbage Collector
F	Dra		tools	/	javac	190	Pluggable Static Analyzers
F	Dra		tools	/	—	191	Foreign Function Interface
F	Sub	8u20	hotspot	/	gc	192	String Deduplication in G1
F	Com	9	core	/	lang	193	Variable Handles
F	Clo		core	/	—	194	Nashorn Code Persistence
F	Clo	8u40	hotspot	/	runtime	195	Scalable Native Memory Tracking
F	Clo	8u40	core	/	jdk.nashorn	196	Nashorn Optimistic Typing
F	Com	9	hotspot	/	compiler	197	Segmented Code Cache
F	Can		core	/	—	198	Light-Weight JSON API
F	Clo	9	tools	/	javac	199	Smart Java Compilation, Phase Two
F	Int	9	—	/	—	200	The Modular JDK
F	Com	9	—	/	—	201	Modular Source Code
F	Clo	8u40	core	/	jdk.nashorn	202	Nashorn Class Filter
F	Clo	8u40	core	/	jdk.nashorn	203	Nashorn: Lexically-Scoped Variable & Constant Declarations
F	Clo	8u40	client	/	—	204	JavaFX Accessibility
F	Clo	8u40	client	/	—	205	New Controls for JavaFX
F	Clo	8u40	client	/	—	206	Modernize the JavaFX Media Stack on Mac OS X
F	Clo	8u40	hotspot	/	compiler	207	Leverage CPU Instructions to Improve SHA Performance on SPARC
F	Clo	8u40	deploy	/	—	208	Java Packager Improvements
F	Clo	8u40	client	/	—	209	JavaFX Scene Builder Update
F	Clo	8u40	core	/	lang.invoke	210	LambdaForm Reduction and Caching
F	Clo	9	tools	/	javac	211	Elide Deprecation Warnings on Import Statements
F	Clo	9	tools	/	—	212	Resolve Lint and Doclint Warnings
F	Com	9	tools	/	javac	213	Milling Project Coin
F	Com	9	hotspot	/	gc	214	Remove GC Combinations Deprecated in JDK 8
F	Clo	9	tools	/	javac	215	Tiered Attribution for javac
F	Clo	9	tools	/	javac	216	Process Import Statements Correctly
F	Clo	9	tools	/	javac	217	Annotations Pipeline 2.0
F	Can		spec	/	lang	218	Generics over Primitive Types
F	Com	9	security	/	javax.net.ssl	219	Datagram Transport Layer Security (DTLS)
F	Int	9	—	/	—	220	Modular Run-Time Images
F	Com	9	tools	/	javadoc(tool)	221	Simplified Doclet API
F	Com	9	tools	/	jshell	222	jshell: The Java Shell (Read-Eval-Print Loop)
F	Com	9	—	/	—	223	New Version-String Scheme
F	Com	9	tools	/	javadoc(tool)	224	HTML5 Javadoc
F	Com	9	tools	/	javadoc(tool)	225	Javadoc Search
F	Clo	9	core	/	util:i18n	226	UTF-8 Property Files
F	Clo	9	core	/	lang	227	Unicode 7.0
F	Clo	9	hotspot	/	svc	228	Add More Diagnostic Commands
F	Clo	9	security	/	security	229	Create PKCS12 Keystores by Default
F	Can		performance	/	—	230	Microbenchmark Suite
F	Com	9	tools	/	launcher	231	Remove Launch-Time JRE Version Selection
F	Clo	9	security	/	security	232	Improve Secure Application Performance
F	Com	9	hotspot	/	compiler	233	Generate Run-Time Compiler Tests Automatically
F	Can	10	hotspot	/	compiler	234	Additional Run-Time Compiler JVM Trace Events
F	Clo	9	tools	/	javac	235	Test Class-File Attributes Generated by javac
F	Com	9	core	/	jdk.nashorn	236	Parser API for Nashorn
F	Com	9	hotspot	/	compiler	237	Linux/AArch64 Port
F	Int	9	tools	/	jar	238	Multi-Release JAR Files
F	Clo	8u60	javafx	/	web	239	Update JavaFX/WebView to Newer Version of WebKit
F	Clo	9	core-svc	/	tools	240	Remove the JVM TI hprof Agent
F	Clo	9	core-svc	/	tools	241	Remove the jhat Tool
F	Clo	8u60	hotspot	/	gc	242	JVM Trace Events for Failed Allocations
F	Com	9	hotspot	/	compiler	243	Java-Level JVM Compiler Interface
F	Com	9	security	/	javax.net.ssl	244	TLS Application-Layer Protocol Negotiation Extension
F	Clo	9	hotspot	/	runtime	245	Validate JVM Command-Line Flag Arguments
F	Clo	9	security	/	javax.crypto	246	Leverage CPU Instructions for GHASH and RSA
F	Com	9	tools	/	javac	247	Compile for Older Platform Versions
F	Com	9	hotspot	/	gc	248	Make G1 the Default Garbage Collector
F	Clo	9	security	/	javax.net.ssl	249	OCSP Stapling for TLS
F	Clo	9	hotspot	/	runtime	250	Store Interned Strings in CDS Archives
F	Clo	9	client	/	2d	251	Multi-Resolution Images
F	Clo	9	core	/	util:i18n	252	Use CLDR Locale Data by Default
F	Com	9	javafx	/	controls	253	Prepare JavaFX UI Controls & CSS APIs for Modularization
F	Clo	9	core	/	lang	254	Compact Strings
F	Clo	9	xml	/	jaxp	255	Merge Selected Xerces 2.11.0 Updates into JAXP
F	Com	9	client	/	beans	256	BeanInfo Annotations
F	Clo	9	javafx	/	media	257	Update JavaFX/Media to Newer Version of GStreamer
F	Clo	9	client	/	2d	258	HarfBuzz Font-Layout Engine
F	Clo	9	core	/	—	259	Stack-Walking API
F	Com	9	—	/	—	260	Encapsulate Most Internal APIs
F	Int	9	—	/	—	261	Module System
F	Clo	9	client	/	javax.imageio	262	TIFF Image I/O
F	Clo	9	client	/	awt	263	HiDPI Graphics on Windows and Linux
F	Com	9	core	/	util.logging	264	Platform Logging API and Service
F	Clo	9	client	/	2d	265	Marlin Graphics Renderer
F	Clo	9	core	/	util.concurrent	266	More Concurrency Updates
F	Clo	9	core	/	lang	267	Unicode 8.0
F	Com	9	xml	/	jaxp	268	XML Catalogs
F	Com	9	core	/	util:collections	269	Convenience Factory Methods for Collections
F	Clo	9	hotspot	/	runtime	270	Reserved Stack Areas for Critical Sections
F	Com	9	hotspot	/	gc	271	Unified GC Logging
F	Com	9	client	/	awt	272	Platform-Specific Desktop Features
F	Com	9	security	/	security	273	DRBG-Based SecureRandom Implementations
F	Clo	9	core	/	lang.invoke	274	Enhanced Method Handles
F	Com	9	deploy	/	packager	275	Modular Java Application Packaging
F	Com	9	core	/	lang.invoke	276	Dynamic Linking of Language-Defined Object Models
F	Com	9	core	/	lang	277	Enhanced Deprecation
F	Com	9	hotspot	/	gc	278	Additional Tests for Humongous Objects in G1
F	Com	9	—	/	—	279	Improve Test-Failure Troubleshooting
F	Com	9	tools	/	javac	280	Indify String Concatenation
F	Com	9	hotspot	/	test	281	HotSpot C++ Unit-Test Framework
F	Int	9	tools	/	jlink	282	jlink: The Java Linker
F	Com	9	javafx	/	window-toolkit	283	Enable GTK 3 on Linux
S	Com	9				284	New HotSpot Build System
F	Clo	9	core	/	lang	285	Spin-Wait Hints
F	Can		spec	/	lang	286	Local-Variable Type Inference
F	Com	9	security	/	security	287	SHA-3 Hash Algorithms
F	Com	9	security	/	security	288	Disable SHA-1 Certificates
F	Com	9	deploy	/	plugin	289	Deprecate the Applet API
F	Com	9	core	/	io:serialization	290	Filter Incoming Serialization Data
F	Can	9	hotspot	/	gc	291	Deprecate the Concurrent Mark Sweep (CMS) Garbage Collector
F	Com	9	core	/	jdk.nashorn	292	Implement Selected ECMAScript 6 Features in Nashorn
I	Can					293	Guidelines for JDK Command-Line Tool Options
F	Tar	9	hotspot	/	compiler	294	Linux/s390x Port
F	Tar	9	hotspot	/	compiler	295	Ahead-of-Time Compilation
S	Can	10				296	Consolidate the JDK Forest into a Single Repository

Unsubmitted draft JEPs

F	Sub	tbd_major	tools	/	javac	8043488	Improved variance for generic classes and interfaces
F	Dra		core	/	—	8044082	Efficient array comparison intrinsics
F	Sub		core-svc	/	javax.management	8044507	JMX Specific Annotations for Registration of Managed Resources
F	Clo	8u40	security	/	javax.crypto:pkcs11	8046957	sunpkcs11 SessionManager improvement
F	Sub		hotspot	/	runtime	8047074	Enable execution of Java methods on GPU
F	Sub		client	/	javax.swing	8065658	Modernize the GTK3 Look and Feel implementation
I	Sub					8068562	javadoc tags to distinguish API, implementation, specification, and notes
F	Clo		security	/	javax.net.ssl	8075659	Add support for TLSv1.3
F	Sub		hotspot	/	gc	8130200	Parallelize the Full GC Phase in CMS
F	Dra		hotspot	/	test	8139731	Enhanced ManderblotSet demo using value types
F	Dra		core	/	lang.invoke	8158765	Isolated Methods
F	Dra		hotspot	/	gc	8163329	GC Interface: Better isolation of GC implementations
F	Dra		hotspot	/	gc	8166690	Reduce metaspace waste by dynamically merging and splitting metaspace chunks.
F	Sub	9	hotspot	/	compiler	8168503	Add Oracle arm32/arm64 port

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