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Carey Brown

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Download Java 25

Online API documentation available HERE.

Note that 25 is "LTS" - so it will be receiving Long Term Support from Oracle.

Also a new Eclipse 2025-09 is available
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With Eclipse, in order to use JDK-25, you'll need to go to Help > Eclipse Marketplace > search "java 25".

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A list of changes: https://javaalmanac.io/jdk/25/apidiff/24/

Carey Brown wrote:With Eclipse, in order to use JDK-25, you'll need to go to Help > Eclipse Marketplace > search "java 25".

That's annoyed me for quite a while now. Eclipse releases their versions in March and September, but several days before Oracle releases new JDK versions. Eclipse could (and IMO should) use an EA build to include support for the new version without requiring a separate plugin...

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