JDK 18: The new features in Java 18
Java Development Kit (JDK) 18 is set for release on March 22, 2022. The new version of standard Java will have nine new features, with the feature set having been frozen as of December 9.The release has moved into an initial rampdown phase. Upgrades to standard Java are released every six months, with the most-recent, JDK 17, arriving in September.The OpenJDK page lists the following features as officially targeting JDK 18: a service provider interface, a simple web server, a vector API, code snippets, a reimplementation of core reflection, a UTF-8 charset, a second incubator of a foreign function and memory API, a second preview of pattern matching for switch statements, and the deprecation of finalization, which was the last addition.To read this article in full, please click here
Java Development Kit (JDK) 18 is set for release on March 22, 2022. The new version of standard Java will have nine new features, with the feature set having been frozen as of December 9.
The release has moved into an initial rampdown phase. Upgrades to standard Java are released every six months, with the most-recent, JDK 17, arriving in September.
The OpenJDK page lists the following features as officially targeting JDK 18: a service provider interface, a simple web server, a vector API, code snippets, a reimplementation of core reflection, a UTF-8 charset, a second incubator of a foreign function and memory API, a second preview of pattern matching for switch statements, and the deprecation of finalization, which was the last addition.
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