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The Well-Grounded Java Developer, Second Edition
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The Well-Grounded Java Developer, Second Edition

by Jason Clark, Martijn Verburg, Benjamin Evans
November 2022
Intermediate to advanced
704 pages
19h 58m
English
Manning Publications
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3 Java 17

This chapter covers

  • Text blocks
  • Switch Expressions
  • Records
  • Sealed Types

These represent the major new features that have been added to the Java language and platform since the release of Java 11, up to and including Java 17.

Note To understand the changes in the Java release methodology since Java 8, it may be a good idea to review the discussion in chapter 1 or appendix A.

As well as the major, user-visible language upgrades, Java 17 contains many internal improvements (especially performance upgrades). However, this chapter focuses on the major features that we expect will change the way that you, the developer, write Java.

3.1 Text Blocks

Since the very first version, Java 1.0, developers have been complaining about Java’s strings. ...

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