Java News Roundup: Value Objects, WildFly 41, TornadoVM, LangChain4j, Oracle AI Agent Studio
InfoQ, Monday, July 20th, 2026
Weekly Java updates covering the Value Objects preview, WildFly 41 GA and new AI agent tooling.
OpenJDK reintroduced Value Objects to candidate status under Project Valhalla, enabling objects with only final fields and no identity. WildFly 41 shipped with JDK 25 container images and promoted features.
Other notable releases include TornadoVM 5.1.0 with CUDA enhancements and LangChain4j 1.18.0 featuring BDI agentic patterns and text-to-speech support.
Oracle introduced AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications, supporting no-code, low-code and pro-code development.