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Java developers have spent decades working with a basic assumption about objects: every object has its own identity. Now, OpenJDK developers are preparing to loosen that rule with JDK 28.

Project Valhalla’s value classes are heading to JDK 28, a 197,000-line change that rewrites how Java handles object identity. Oracle software engineer Lois Foltan has confirmed that Java Enhancement ...

An OpenJDK proposal would preview value classes and objects in a forthcoming version of Java. The feature would provide Java class instances that have only final fields and lack object identity. The ...