We know there is a Java problem — most security experts agree with Sophos’ security expert, Paul Ducklin, who has consistently told computer users on any platform to “ switch Java off “.

Allowing developers to handle an exception from the selector in switch with a case in the switch block would make switch more usable for pattern matching, the proposal says.

This week's Java roundup for April 21st, 2025, features news highlighting: the GA release of Gradle 8.14; JBang introduces Jash, a Java library for shell scripts; the first release candidate of ...