A list of major Java and JVM features since JDK 17 to 22
A list of major Java and JVM features since JDK 17 to 22
A list of Java and JVM features from JDK 17 to 22, including new language features, API changes, security updates, documentation, deprecations.
cross-posted from: https://programming.dev/post/15638499
A list of major Java and JVM features since JDK 17 to 22,
New language features JEP-409: Sealed Classes (17) JEP-440: Record patterns (21) JEP-441: Pattern matching for switch (21) JEP 456: Unnamed Variables & Patterns (22)
API changes JEP-306: Restore Always-Strict Floating-Point Semantics(17) JEP-382: New macOS Rendering Pipeline(17) JEP-400: UTF-8 by Default (18) JDK-8301226 – Clamp method for java.lang.(Strict)Math (21) JEP-439: Generational ZGC JEP-444: Virtual threads (21) JEP-454: Foreign Function & Memory(FFM) API (22)
Security JEP-452: Key Encapsulation Mechanism API (21) JDK-8275252: keystore file Features JEP-408: Simple web server (18) JEP-423: Region pinning for G1 (22) JEP-458: multi-file source-code programs (22) JEP-423: Region pinning for G1 (22) JEP-458: multi-file source-code programs (22)
Documentation JEP-413: Javadoc code snippets (18)
Deprecations
Lookahead Scoped values + Structured concurrency Module import declarations