GitHub - arafkarsh/JavaExamples: Java Language Feature Examples, Java 23, 22, 21, 20, 19, 18, 17, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, Java 5 & Java 1. Examples of SOLID Design Principles.
Java 1.0
Jan 1996
OS Independant Programming language, Java Virtual Machine
J2SE 5.0
Sep 2004
Enhanced For Loop, Generics, Enums, Autoboxing
Java SE 6
Dec 2006
Scripting Language Support, Improvements to Web Services
Java SE 7
Jul 2011
Project Coin (Diamond Operator, Strings in Switch), NIO.2
Java SE 8 LTS
Mar 2014
56
Functional Programming, Lambda & Streams, Multiple Inheritance
Java SE 9
Sep 2017
91
Modularization - Java Platform Module System
Java SE 10
Mar 2018
12
Local Variable Type Inference, List / Set / Map - CopyOf
Java SE 11 LTS
Sep 2018
17
New HTTP Client API, Nest-based access control, Remove JavaFX
Java SE 12
Mar 2019
8
Switch Expressions (Preview)
Java SE 13
Sep 2019
5
Text Blocks (Preview)
Java SE 14
Mar 2020
16
Switch Expressions (Preview in 12 and 13), Pattern Matching for instanceof (Preview)
Java SE 15
Sep 2020
14
Text Blocks (Preview in 13), Sealed Classes (Preview), Hidden Classes
Java SE 16
Mar 2021
17
Record Classes (Preview in 14, 15), Pattern Matching for instanceof, Sealed Classes
Java SE 17 LTS
Sep 2021
14
Sealed Classes, Pattern Matching for switch (Preview), Enhanced Pseudo-Random Number Generators
Java SE 18
Mar 2022
9
UTF-8 by default, Simple Web Server, Vector API (Second Incubator)
Java SE 19
Sep 2022
7
Virtual Threads (Preview), Pattern Matching for switch (Third Preview)
Java SE 20
Mar 2023
6
Scoped Values (Incubator), Virtual Threads (Second Preview)
Java SE 21 LTS
Sep 2023
15
Record Patterns, Unnamed Patterns and Variables, String Templates (Preview)
Java SE 22
Mar 2024
Pattern Matching (Primitives), Stream Gatherers, Vector API
Java SE 23
Sep 2024
12
Pattern Match (Primitives), Module Import, Simplified Main, Stream Gatherers, Vector API