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Switch Expressions, Records, and Other Recently Added Features
A key attribute of Java has been its ability to adapt to the increasing demands of the modern computing environment. Over the years, Java has incorporated many new features, each responding to changes in the computing environment or to innovations in computer language design. This ongoing process has enabled Java to remain one of the world’s most important and popular computer languages. As explained earlier, this book has been updated for JDK 21, which is a long-term support (LTS) version of Java. JDK 21 and its LTS predecessor JDK 17 have added a number of features to the Java language since the previous LTS version, JDK 11. A few of the smaller additions have been described ...
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