Java Sandbox

This is a personal sandbox for keeping up with the latest Java language features introduced in Java 8 and later.

Getting the latest Java Development Kit

You can download a copy of the JDK redistribution from the following website for development purposes.

• OpenJDK
• Oracle JDK
• AdoptOpenJDK by London Java User Group, (AdoptOpenJDK joins Eclipse Foundation)
• Eclipse Adoptium - The successor of AdoptOpenJDK.
• RedHat OpenJDK
• Zulu OpenJDK by Azul
• Microsoft OpenJDK
• BellSoft Liberica JDK

Additionally, major Java companies such as IBM, Amazon, and Alibaba have maintained their own Java redistributions.

Docs

Java 8(LTS)

Java 9

The long-awaited Java 9 introduces several new features, including the Java Platform Module System, the new Flow API (Java's built-in Reactive Stream implementation), and numerous language enhancements.

• JShell
• Immutable Collections
• Java Module System
• Java Flow API - The ReactiveStream adopting

Java 10

Java 11(LTS)

Java 12

Java 13

• Pattern matching with switch
• Text block

Java 14

• Instanceof Pattern Matching
• Helpful NPE Exception Messages
• Record
• Small improvements in Text Block

Java 15

• Sealed Classes

Java 16

• New toList() method in Stream
• Serializing and deserializing Record with Jackson 2.12

Java 17

• Java type in switch pattern matching example

References

Java 9

• Immutable Collections in Java 9 , DZone
• Process Handling in Java 9 , DZone
• Immutable Collections Explained, Google Guava Github Wiki
• What is new in JDK 9, Quora
• 55 New Features in JDK 9 by Simon Ritter, Devoxx Session
• Painlessly Migrating to Java Jigsaw Modules - a Case Study
• Java 9 and Intellij IDEA
• Java Magazine: Sept/Oct 2017
• Java 9: The Good, the Bad, and Private Interface Methods

Java 11

• A closer look at the Java 11 HTTP Client
• Introduction to the Java HTTP Client
• (Java HTTP Client) Examples and Recipes

Java 12

• New switch Expressions in Java 12

Java 13

• Inside Java 13’s switch Expressions and Reimplemented Socket API
• Oracle blog: the arrival of Java 13
• Text Blocks Come to Java
• 81 New Features and APIs in JDK 13
• DZone Refcard #318: Java 13
• Programmer's Guide To Text Blocks
• Definitive Guide To Switch Expressions In Java 13
• Java 13 – a deep dive into the JDK’s new features, JAXcenter
• Java 13 – why text blocks are worth the wait, JAXcenter
• Java 13 and IntelliJ IDEA

Java 14

• Records come to Java
• Java 14 Arrives with a Host of New Features
• Java 14 Feature Spotlight: Records
• JEP 359: Records (Preview)
• Java 14: instanceOf Pattern Matching
• Java 14: JDK 14 arriving today by Jaxcenter
• New features between Java 8 and Java 14
• Java 14 and IntelliJ IDEA
• A categorized list of all Java and JVM features since JDK 8 to 14

Java 15

• Java Feature Spotlight: Sealed Classes
• Java 15 Features: Sealed and Hidden Classes, Pattern Matching And Text Blocks
• Inside Java 15: Fourteen JEPs in five buckets

Java 16

• Java 16 and IntelliJ IDEA
• Java 16 Released
• What We Know about Java 16 and 17 So Far