Java Language Futures: Spring 2021

, Java, OpenJDK, ProjectAmber With a new, more rapid release cadence, improvements to Java are arriving faster than ever. Experience a whirlwind tour of some of the features planned for the Java programming language in the upcoming months and years. Hear from Gavin Bierman (Consulting Member of Technical Staff, Oracle). Chapters 00:00 Introduction 00:45 The Future of Java 04:27 Java 16 05:37 Sealed Classes 08:50 Records 15:21 Pattern matching for instanceof 17:51 JDK post 16 18:10 Record Patterns and Array Patterns 18:27 Pattern Matching Records 24:04 Pattern Matching for Switch 25:38 Summary 26:37 Q A 33:00 Array Pattern