JEP 440, finalizing Record Patterns, has been promoted from Proposed to Target to Targeted status for JDK 21, following feedback-driven enhancements in JEP 432 and JEP 405. Record patterns now allow f ...

Learn how to use pattern-matching features in your Java programs, including pattern matching with switch statements, when clauses, sealed classes, and a preview of primitive type pattern matching ...

Furthermore, the update seeks to rectify the exclusion of primitive type patterns in the pattern matching for instanceof and switch, which had limited Java's expressiveness.

Two OpenJDK draft proposals would enhance the expressiveness of pattern matching in Java and boost data-oriented queries, potentially previewing in Java 17.

In addition to enhanced preview features such as the Class-File API, the JDK brings innovations in pattern matching and opens up the documentation for Markdown.