Java 23 New Features With Examples
Java Development Kit 23, the next version of Java Standard Edition, is now available as a production release on September 17, 2024. Java 23 comes with various new features, some preview features, incubator feature, deprecation & deletions. It is inclined to improve developer productivity and program efficiency. In this article, we will explore some of the most essential developer’s friendly Java 23 new features with examples.
♥ Primitive patterns have a different interpretation compared to object patterns because primitive types do not follow inheritance, unlike objects.
The code should be read as follows: If the value of the variable i can also be stored in a byte variable, then assign this value to the byte variable b and print it.
This would be the case for value = 5, for example, but not for value = 1000, as byte can only store values from -128 to 127.
Just as with objects, for primitive types, we can also add further checks directly in the instanceof check using &&. The following code, for example, only prints positive byte values (i.e., 1 to 127):
