InfoQ

Java Feature Spotlight: Sealed Classes

The release of Java SE 15 in Sept 2020 will introduce "sealed classes" (JEP 360) as a preview feature. A sealed class is a class or interface which restricts which other classes or interfaces may ...
InfoQ

Java Feature Spotlight: Pattern Matching

Java SE 14 (March 2020) introduced a limited form of pattern matching as a preview feature, which becomes a permanent feature in Java SE 16 (March 2021). The first phase of pattern matching is limited ...
Forbes

After Four Fast Releases, Java 13 Blends Big Features And Subtle Fixes

At last year’s Oracle Code One conference, Java’s rapid-release cadence—a new version every six months—was still making news. And it wasn’t even new anymore. The change in release frequency from years ...
ZDNet

Oracle's Java 15: New features aim to keep millions away from languages like Rust, Kotlin

Oracle has released version 15 of Java, the language created 25 years ago by James Gosling at Sun Microsystems, which Oracle snapped up in 2009 for about $7.4bn to gain what it said was the "most ...
SD Times

Java 11 delivers high-quality features at speed

Java 11, which will be released this month, is the second and final major release of Java this year, following Oracle’s new schedule of putting out a major release every six months. According to the ...
InfoWorld

6 great new Java features you don’t want to miss

It’s not easy to keep up with Java’s frequent feature releases. If you missed sealed classes, text blocks, records, the new string methods, or the Optional class, let’s fix that. Java quietly ...
ZDNet

Oracle: Programming language Java 14 is out with these 16 major feature improvements

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 release ...
InfoWorld

Java 11 roadmap: The new features you can expect

CORBA, Java EE, and JavaFX support will be removed, while just a handful of new features are being added—so far Now that Oracle has released Java Development Kit 10, the next version, JDK 11, is just ...
SD Times

Java 25 LTS is now available with features like module import declarations, compact source files

Java 25 was released today as the latest Long Term Support (LTS) version of the language, meaning it will be supported by Oracle for at least eight more years. Oracle releases a new LTS version of ...
TheServerSide

5 best Java 17 features that developers will love5 best Java 17 features that developers will love

Can you explain object-oriented programming to me like I'm 5 years old? Probably not. But here's a straightforward explanation of what OOP is ... Use Spring MVC MultipartFile, Java Path APIs and the ...
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Java has been on your computer your whole life and here's what it actually does

That old Java icon had a much bigger résumé than I gave it credit for.