# Java News Roundup: Value Objects, WildFly 41, TornadoVM, LangChain4j, Oracle AI Agent Studio > Source: > Published: 2026-07-20 18:45:00+00:00 This week's Java roundup for July 13th, 2026, features news highlighting: a reintroduction of Value Objects (Preview); the GA release of WildFly 41; the July 2026 edition of Open Liberty 26.0.0.7; point releases of TornadoVM, Apache TomEE, Java Operator SDK and LangChain4j; a maintenance release of Micronaut; a new extension, Quarkus Shim; and a new Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications. #### OpenJDK JEP 401, [Value Objects (Preview)](https://openjdk.org/jeps/401), under the auspices of [Project Valhalla](https://openjdk.org/projects/valhalla/), has been "[re-introduced](https://mail.openjdk.org/archives/list/jdk-dev@openjdk.org/thread/IUNJJ3WP3X3XHP3QZTXXSSCPKFDNTK3W/)" to **Candidate** status and updated from its original **JEP Draft 8251554** created in August 2020. Formerly known as *Object Classes and Values (Preview)*, this JEP proposes to enhance the language with *value objects*, defined as objects that: only contain ** final** fields; do not have identity; and are solely distinguished by the values of their respective fields. #### JDK 27 [Build 31](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/releases/tag/jdk-27%2B31) of the JDK 27 [early-access builds](https://jdk.java.net/27/) was made available this past week featuring [updates](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/compare/jdk-27%2B30...jdk-27%2B31) from Build 30 that include fixes for various [issues](https://bugs.openjdk.org/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20JDK%20AND%20fixversion%20%3D%2027%20and%20%22resolved%20in%20build%22%20%3D%20b31%20order%20by%20component%2C%20subcomponent). Further details on this release may be found in the [release notes](https://jdk.java.net/27/release-notes). #### JDK 28 [Build 7](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/releases/tag/jdk-28%2B7) of the JDK 28 [early-access builds](https://jdk.java.net/28/) was also made available this past week featuring [updates](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/compare/jdk-28%2B6...jdk-28%2B7) from Build 6 that include fixes for various [issues](https://bugs.openjdk.org/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20JDK%20AND%20fixversion%20%3D%2028%20and%20%22resolved%20in%20build%22%20%3D%20b07%20order%20by%20component%2C%20subcomponent). More details on this release may be found in the [release notes](https://jdk.java.net/28/release-notes). #### WildFly The [release](https://www.wildfly.org/news/2026/07/16/WildFly-41-is-released/) of [WildFly](https://www.wildfly.org/) 41 delivers bug fixes, dependency upgrades and new features such as: bootable JARs added to the and the [wildfly-cloud-galleon-pack](https://github.com/wildfly/wildfly-cloud-galleon-pack/blob/main/README.md) **feature packs; a JDK 25 edition of the WildFly** [wildfly-maven-plugin](https://docs.wildfly.org/wildfly-maven-plugin/) [container](https://quay.io/repository/wildfly/wildfly), [S2I builder](https://quay.io/repository/wildfly/wildfly-s2i)and [runtime](https://quay.io/repository/wildfly/wildfly-runtime)images that replace the JDK 17 edition; and a number of features that have been promoted from **to** `preview` **and** `community` `default` [stability levels](https://docs.wildfly.org/41/Admin_Guide.html#Feature_stability_levels). Further details on this release may be found in the [release notes](https://github.com/wildfly/wildfly/releases/tag/41.0.0.Final). #### Open Liberty The [GA release](https://openliberty.io/blog/2026/07/14/26.0.0.7.html) of [Open Liberty](https://openliberty.io/blog/2026/07/14/26.0.0.7.html) 26.0.0.7 ships with bug fixes and new features such as: tracking of logged-out Single Sign-On (SSO) cookies by default so they can no longer be replayed after logout; and the ability to disable the ** /health** endpoints from [MicroProfile Health 4.0](https://microprofile.io/specifications/health/4-0/)when using a file-based health check mechanism. This release also addresses eight CVEs that caused denial-of-service, HTTP request smuggling and server-side request forgery. #### TornadoVM The release of TornadoVM 5.1.0 provides bug fixes and new features such as: support for the E4M3 and E5M2 eight-bit floating-point storage in the CUDA backend; the addition of an opt-in staged host-to-device transfer path for the PTX and CUDA backends; and a performance improvement from within the ** withIntraPlanConcurrency()** method, defined in the **class, that reduces the general per-operation and per-join bookkeeping cost for all intra-plan concurrency plans. More details on this release may be found in the** [TornadoExecutionPlan](https://github.com/beehive-lab/TornadoVM/blob/master/tornado-api/src/main/java/uk/ac/manchester/tornado/api/TornadoExecutionPlan.java) [release notes](https://github.com/beehive-lab/TornadoVM/releases/tag/v5.1.0-jdk25). #### Apache TomEE The [release](https://www.mail-archive.com/users@tomee.apache.org/msg18329.html) of [Apache TomEE](https://tomee.apache.org/) 10.2.0 delivers dependency upgrades and resolutions to notable bug fixes such as: the ** sslTruststorePassword** parameter from the **inner class, defined in the** `HttpConnection` **class, is not masked/stripped during logging; and an** [HttpConnectionFactory](https://github.com/apache/tomee/blob/main/server/openejb-client/src/main/java/org/apache/openejb/client/HttpConnectionFactory.java) **thrown from within the** `AuthenticationException` **method, defined in the** `authenticate()` **class that loses the cause thrown by the** [JNDIContext](https://github.com/apache/tomee/blob/main/server/openejb-client/src/main/java/org/apache/openejb/client/JNDIContext.java) **. Further details on this release may be found in the** `RemoteException` [release notes](https://tomee.apache.org/10.2.0/release-notes.html). #### Java Operator SDK The [release](https://javaoperatorsdk.io/blog/2026/07/17/version-5.5-released/) of [Java Operator SDK](https://javaoperatorsdk.io/) 5.5.0 ships with notable changes such as: a complete and consistent family of update/patch/create methods in the class that support the RFC 6902, [ResourceOperations](https://github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-sdk/blob/main/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/reconciler/ResourceOperations.java) [JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) Patch](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc6902), and RFC 7386, [JSON Merge Patch](https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc7386), specifications; and a new **interface that allows developers to plug a custom matching strategy into the overloaded** [Matcher](https://github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-sdk/blob/main/operator-framework-core/src/main/java/io/javaoperatorsdk/operator/api/reconciler/matcher/Matcher.java) **method defined in the** `matchAndFilter()` **class. More details on this release may be found in the** `Options` [release notes](https://github.com/operator-framework/java-operator-sdk/releases/tag/v5.5.0). #### LangChain4j The *formal release* (along with the *twenty-eighth beta release*) of [LangChain4j](https://github.com/langchain4j) 1.18.0 provides bug fixes and new features such as: a new [Belief-Desire-Intention](https://jumpcloud.com/it-index/what-is-bdi-belief-desire-intention-architecture) (BDI) agentic pattern that "*provides a structured method to formalize psychological concepts for software and robotic systems*;" a new interface to support for the OpenAI [TextToSpeechModel](https://github.com/langchain4j/langchain4j/blob/main/langchain4j-core/src/main/java/dev/langchain4j/model/audio/TextToSpeechModel.java) [Text-to-Speech](https://developers.openai.com/api/docs/guides/text-to-speech)API; and a new **class to support the** [MistralAiBatchChatModel](https://github.com/langchain4j/langchain4j/blob/main/langchain4j-mistral-ai/src/main/java/dev/langchain4j/model/mistralai/MistralAiBatchChatModel.java) [Mistral Batch](https://mistral.ai/news/batch-api/)API. Further details on this release may be found in the [release notes](https://github.com/langchain4j/langchain4j/releases/tag/1.18.0). #### Micronaut The Micronaut Foundation has [released](https://micronaut.io/2026/07/16/micronaut-framework-5-0-5-released/) version 5.0.5 of the [Micronaut Framework](https://micronaut.io/), based on [Micronaut Core 5.0.6](https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-core/releases/v5.0.6), featuring patch updates to modules: [Micronaut AWS](https://micronaut-projects.github.io/micronaut-aws/latest/guide/), [Micronaut gRPC](https://micronaut-projects.github.io/micronaut-grpc/latest/guide/), [Micronaut Oracle Cloud](https://micronaut-projects.github.io/micronaut-oracle-cloud/latest/guide/), and [Micronaut Logging](https://micronaut-projects.github.io/micronaut-logging/latest/guide/). More details on this release may be found in the [release notes](https://github.com/micronaut-projects/micronaut-platform/releases/tag/v5.0.5). #### Quarkus [Quarkus Shim](https://quarkus.io/extensions/io.quarkiverse.shim/quarkus-shim/), a new extension [introduced](https://quarkus.io/blog/quarkus-shim/) by the Quarkus team, allows developers to add, wrap, or replace behavior in a Java class during a Quarkus build. As per the blog post, The change happens during augmentation. There is no Java agent and no runtime instrumentation. The transformed class works in JVM mode, dev mode, and native executables. This is an experimental extension built with Quarkus 3.37.3. #### Oracle Oracle has [introduced](https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-introduces-ai-native-builder-experience-2026-07-14/) a new AI-native builder experience for [Oracle AI Agent Studio for Fusion Applications](https://www.oracle.com/applications/fusion-ai/#studio). This allows customers to create and natively run Fusion Agentic Applications from within [Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications](https://www.oracle.com/applications/). This new builder experience provides "*no-code, low-code, and pro-code development into one Fusion-native framework.*" It is important to note that AI Agent Studio and Fusion Cloud Applications are subscription services.