JEP 441, Pattern Matching for the switch, is completed in JDK 21, following four previews in JDKs 17-20 (JEPs 406, 420, 427, 433). It finalizes the feature, addressing feedback from previews, and enha ...

In today's frontend development world, code maintainability and scalability are among the top concerns for developers. However, it is surprising that many large tech companies (such as Google, Meta, ...

The readability, maintainability, and usability of switch statements and expressions in Java would be improved by a proposal to allow exceptions to be handled in the switch block. The current ...

In making the case for Java primitives, I showed several benchmark results comparing Java primitives, Java wrapper classes, and similar code in other languages.

In Azul’s previous survey, 72% of Oracle Java users were already considering a switch to another JDK provider. That has surged to 88% in the latest Azul survey.