Java 21 has recently entered “rampdown phase one”, and is planned for general availability in September! This new LTS release comes with many new features, that’s why I want to take the next few weeks to take a deeper look at the ones that excite me the most!


There are 15 JEPs included in Java 21:


There’s something for everyone on this list, even though some of the JEPs are still previews. But preview or not, each of them is worth checking out in some form, although I don’t know if I’m going to cover all of them in detail.

Stay tuned for the next article about “String Templates”!


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