Early Access Language Spec and VM Spec now available

[liach]

Beginning in the development of release 26, Oracle now publishes early access Java language and VM spec together with the weekly Oracle OpenJDK builds. They are available from the Spec page: https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jdk26/docs/specs/index.html
And from JLS/JVMS references in the API specifications.

[marchof]

@liach Thanks for the hint, I'll add the links. Do you know where the sources for the JLS/JVMS are maintained? Are there public repositories?

[marchof]

BTW, I just noticed that the following Java 27 links show "Java SE 26 Edition" in the title:

• https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jdk27/docs/specs/jvms/index.html
• https://download.java.net/java/early_access/jdk27/docs/specs/jls/index.html

[liach]

No. They are still proprietary to Oracle. Oracle internally manually bumps the JLS/JVMS bundles for building ea specs. So as you see, the JLS/JVMS are still a bit slower than the API specs. In fact, a few weeks ago, both 26 and 27 preview specs were titled JLS/JVMS 25.