Java has a simple switch statement, based on its historical kinship with C and C++. Switch statements have gotten a bad name, so much so that programmers are encouraged to replace them with ...

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 ...

Java code written with these patterns is especially concise, and it’s able to make distinctions not just on the value in the data but the object type. All reference types and the null pointer ...