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 ...

Java 23 extends import and patterns, but dispenses with string templates In addition to enhanced preview features such as the Class-File API, the JDK brings innovations in pattern matching and ...

Those of you familiar with the Builder Pattern may already be thinking what I was. That enclosing class looks a lot like a Builder with the nested class as its Product! It turns out that an ...

Often overlooked, a racquet’s string pattern can make a big difference in your game. During the press conference following his semifinal victory over Andy Roddick at the Sony Ericsson Open in ...

The Visitor pattern is often used to separate the structure of an object collection from the operations performed on that collection. For example, it can separate the parsing logic in a compiler ...