Java Milestones & Main Features

8 (LTS):

• lambdas
• streams
• Optional
• new Date/Time API

9:

• modules
• JShell
• new HTTP/2 client

10:

• var local type inference
• time-based versioning

11 (LTS):

• HTTP Client (GA)
• single-file source launch
• JFR
• TLS 1.3

12:

• switch expressions
• Shenandoah GC

16:

• records (GA)
• pattern matching for instanceof

17 (LTS):

• sealed classes
• strong encapsulation of JDK internals

21 (LTS):

• virtual threads
• pattern matching for switch
• record patterns, sequenced collections
• string templates

22:

• Foreign Function & Memory API
• multi-file source launch
• gatherers
• structured concurrency

23:

• primitive patterns in instanceof/switch
• module import declarations
• ZGC generational by default

24:

• Class-File API
• gatherers
• compact object headers
• quantum-resistant KEM/DSA
• virtual-thread sync without pinning

25:

• scoped values
• structured concurrency
• module imports
• vector API (10th incubator)
• generational Shenandoah