InfoQ - Java

Java News Roundup: TornadoVM 4.0, Google ADK for Java 1.0, Grails, Tomcat, Log4j, Gradle

Michael Redlich — Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:30:00 GMT

This week's Java roundup for March 30th, 2026, features news highlighting: the GA release of TornadoVM 4.0 and Google ADK for Java 1.0; first release candidates of Grails and Gradle; maintenance releases of Micronaut, Apache Tomcart and Apache Log4j; and an update on Jakarta EE 12.

By Michael Redlich

Helidon 4.4.0 Introduces Alignment with OpenJDK Cadence and Support via Java Verified Portfolio

Michael Redlich — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 13:00:00 GMT

Oracle has released version 4.4.0 of Helidon, their microservices framework, featuring alignment with the OpenJDK release cadence, support via the new Java Verified Portfolio, new core capabilities, and agentic AI support for LangChain4j.

By Michael Redlich

Article: Beyond RAG: Architecting Context-Aware AI Systems with Spring Boot

Syed Danish Ali — Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:00:00 GMT

This article introduces Context-Augmented Generation (CAG) as an architectural refinement of RAG for enterprise systems. It shows how a Spring Boot-based context manager can incorporate user identity, session state, and policy constraints into AI workflows, improving traceability, consistency, and governance without altering existing retrievers or LLM infrastructure.

By Syed Danish Ali

Java News Roundup: GraalVM Build Tools, EclipseLink, Spring Milestones, Open Liberty, Quarkus

Michael Redlich — Mon, 30 Mar 2026 02:30:00 GMT

This week's Java roundup for March 23rd, 2026, features news highlighting: GA releases of GraalVM Native Build Tools 1.0 and EclipseLink 5.0; the March 2026 edition of Open Liberty; fourth milestone releases of Spring Boot, Spring Modulith and Spring AI; a point release of Quarkus; the first development release of Infinispan; and a maintenance release of GlassFish.

By Michael Redlich