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Summer 2025 Newsletter is Released! Take a look at theSummer 2025 edition of the JCP Newsletter to learn what is going on in the JCP and Java community!
June Public EC Meeting Materials Now Available The most recent public JCP Executive Committee meeting was held on Tuesday, 10 June.Theagenda, materials, and recording from the meeting are now available.
2025 JCP EC Election Update TheJCP Executive Committee (EC) Election page is updated for the fall 2025 election.If you have an interest in participating in the JCP EC, check it out. The nominations will open on September 16.
JCP Award Winners are Announced! The2024 JCP Award winners were announced at the JCP Social Event in March 2025. Congratulations to Alan Bateman and JavaDominicano!
JCP Social Event at JavaOne 2025 Thank you to those of you who were able to join us at the JCP Social Event at JavaOne on 18 March. It is the people that make the Java community such an amazing place.We've posted pictures from the celebratory event.
25 Years of the JCP Program Celebration Thank you everyone for joining us in celebrating the JCP 25-year anniversary!Take a look at theTwenty-five years of the Java Community Processarticle for the recap of our anniversary. Enjoy theCelebrating 25 years of the JCP with JUGs around the world video.Thank you to all the JUGs that participated in this amazing milestone!
Java in Education Java in Education is an initiative to promote Java in the local educational institutions.See themessage from Heather VanCura, VP and Chairperson of the JCP Program.
Java Ecosystem JCP Working Group The goal of theJava Ecosystem JCP Working Group is to educate and increase awareness around Java ecosystem third-party tools and libraries to increase the adoption of modern release processes by third-party tool and library maintainers.
JSR UpdatesNew JSRs
JSR 401, Java SE 26
Public Reviews
JSR 400, Java SE 25
JSR 399, Java SE 24
Final Releases
JSR 378, Portlet 3.0 Bridge for JavaServer Faces 2.2
JSR 381, Visual Recognition Specification
JSR 393, Java SE 18
JSR 394, Java SE 19
JSR 395, Java SE 20
JSR 396, Java SE 21
JSR 397, Java SE 22
JSR 398, Java SE 23
JSR 399, Java SE 24
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JSR 269, Pluggable Annotation Processing API
Maintenance Releases
JSR 384, Java SE 11
JSR 385, Units of Measurement API
JSR 387, Streamline the JCP Program
JSR 392, Java SE 17
JSR 907, Java Transaction API
JSR 199, Java Compiler API
JSR 221, JDBC 4 API Specification
JSR 269, Pluggable Annotation Processing API
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JCP.Next Progress Update JSR 387, Streamline the JCP Program, has posted a Maintenance Release (2019).
JSR 364, Broadening JCP Membership, has posted a Maintenance Release (2017).
JSR 355, JCP Executive Committee Merge, completed its work and went final in 2012.
JSR 348, Towards a new version of the JCP, posed a Final Release in 2011.
JUGs or Individuals, Complete the Transparency Checks or Audits on JSRs There is a transparency sub-project introduced as part of the Adopt-a-JSR program. We need JUGs or individuals to dotransparency checks or audits on JSRs.
Materials for Spec Leads Following the upgrade to the JCP 2.8 Program, the Program Office has made available the following materials for Spec Leads on theMultimedia page of jcp.org:- Adopt-a-JSR for Spec Leads (February 2013 call)
- JCP 2.9 and Transparency (November 2012 call)
- Meet the Candidates (October 2012 call)
- Expert Group Nominations (June 2012 call)
- Leveraging the JCP Community (February 2012 call)
- Transparency (December 2011 call)
- JCP 2.8 Overview (October 2011 call)
JUG Members Learn the Benefits of Active JCP Participation The Java Community Process (JCP) program has seen a dramatic rise in worldwide participation.Read more here...
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Spec Lead Guide
JSR 400 Java SE 25 Public Review
