Final releases of records and the new pattern matching functionality for instanceof are planned for JDK 16.

Java 16 introduced basic pattern matching with the finalized instanceof method. For more advanced features, like pattern matching in switch, record patterns, and guarded cases, you need Java 21+.

This evolution comes after the successful integration of pattern matching with the instanceof operator introduced in Java 16 with JEP 394. Consider a situation where you have a record, Point, and ...

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Here are the top five new Java features developers should be excited to learn about: Multiline comments. Day period support. Pattern matching instanceof calls. List and array creation helpers.