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Jan 16, 2024 · Java 16 brings a series of improvements to the language, including increments to records, sealed classes and switch statements. We review some of the new features as well as looking at some capabilities that are going away.
Jan 11, 2024 · With Java 16 released on March 16, 2021, two new language features from Project Amber will reach production readiness: "Pattern Matching for instanceof" and Records. In total, the JDK developers implemented an impressive 17 JDK Enhancement Proposals for this release.
- JEP 338: Vector API (Incubator) Java supports auto vectorization to optimize the arithmetic algorithms, which means the Java (JIT compiler) will transform some scalar operations (one item at a time) into vector operations (multiple items at a time) automatically; However, the developers have no control of this vector operation conversion, it totally depends on the JIT compiler to optimize the code, furthermore, not all scalar operations are transformable.
- JEP 347: Enable C++14 Language Features. Further Reading.
- JEP 357: Migrate from Mercurial to Git. This JEP migrate the OpenJDK source code from Mercurial to Git or GitHub, relates to the below JEP 369. The reasons for migrating to Git
- JEP 369: Migrate to GitHub. This JEP joins the above JEP 357, migrate the OpenJDK source code from Mercurial to GitHub. Further Reading.
Aug 6, 2021 · Java 16 was released in March of 2021 as a GA build meant to be used in production, and I covered the new features in my detailed video presentation. And Java 17, the next LTS build, is...
- Sander Mak
Oracle Announces Java 16. New release delivers 17 enhancements, including new Java language improvements, tools, memory management, and incubating and preview features. Pattern Matching and Records finalized in JDK 16 after a year of community feedback based on real-world applications.
Java 16, released in March 2021, continues to enhance the Java platform with new features, performance improvements, and deprecations. This guide explores the key features introduced in Java 16, including pattern matching, records, and new stream methods.
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The Java Platform, Standard Edition 16 Development Kit (JDK 16) is a feature release of the Java SE platform. It contains new features and enhancements in many functional areas.