Java 18 incubates a vector API, previews pattern matching for switch expressions, adopts UTF-8 as the default character set, includes a simple web server, and more.

Java SE 14 (March 2020) introduces records (jep359) as a preview feature. Records aim to enhance the language's ability to model "plain data" aggregates with less ceremony. In this article Java ...

Java 14 in 2020 ushered in the Record type feature, and Java 17 is the first LTS release to support it. The Java 17 Record class lets developers define an immutable data component that allows property ...

However, a new LTS Java release is now available. There are several improvements in these Java 17 features that will make enterprise software development much easier. Top 5 Java 17 features. Here are ...

Java is an object-oriented programming language, but there’s more to Java than programming with objects. This tutorial is the first of several introducing non-object-oriented features and syntax ...

With Java running critical applications the world over, the nearly 25-year-old programming language must balance its community’s affection for its syntax with new trends.

Java has continued to evolve, offering new features and refining old ones. Java 11 first launched in September 2018 and received no fewer than 25 different updates over the following six years.

“There were even fears that Java 10 or 11 might not have any features at all.” But four rapid releases later (10, 11, 12, and now 13), he said, “has fundamentally changed how we go about ...

Oracle has announced general availability of Java Development Kit (JDK) 14, its reference implementation of the Java 14 programming language spec. Rolling out in line with Oracle's six-monthly ...

Java has continued to evolve, offering new features and refining old ones. Java 11 first launched in September 2018 and received no fewer than 25 different updates over the following six years.