Oracle has released version 20 of the Java programming language and virtual machine. The seven (7) JEPs in this final feature set include:
- JEP 429: Scoped Values (Incubator)
- JEP 432: Record Patterns (Second Preview)
- JEP 433: Pattern Matching for switch (Fourth Preview)
- JEP 434: Foreign Function & Memory API (Second Preview)
- JEP 436: Virtual Threads (Second Preview)
- JEP 437: Structured Concurrency (Second Incubator)
- JEP 438: Vector API (Fifth Incubator)
The feature cadence for Java 20 is similar to that of the seven (7) new features in JDK 19 and nine (9) new features in JDK 18. However, this is lower than some of the more recent pre-JDK 18 releases: 14 features in JDK 17; 17 features in JDK16; 14 features in JDK 15; and 16 features in JDK 14.
