OpenJDK
JEP 430, String Templates (Preview), was promoted from its JEP Draft 8273943 to Candidate status. This preview JEP, under the auspices of Project Amber, proposes to enhance the Java programming language with string templates, string literals containing embedded expressions, that are interpreted at runtime where the embedded expressions are evaluated and verified.
JDK 19
Oracle has released version 19 of the Java programming language and virtual machine this past week, which ships with a final feature set of seven JEPs. More details may be found in this InfoQ news story.
