Java’s Plans for 2024 - Inside Java Newscast #61

In 2024, Java keeps evolving. Let’s see what the OpenJDK projects Amber, Babylon, Leyden, Lilliput, Loom, Panama, and Valhalla plan for this year and how that will push Java forward. Whether pattern matching or other language improvements, interaction with foreign code, memory, or platforms, memory locality or efficiency, or startup time, there are plenty of regions where Java will improve in 2024. Keep in mind, though, that most of the work in any given year will not be released in the same year and so many of these improvements will only be usable in 2025 or later. ~~~ Chapters ~~~ 0:00 Intro 1:16 Project Babylon Project Babylon JVMLS talk: IJN episode: Pushed prototype: Prototype details: 2:14 Project Loom 3:05 Project Leyden Project Leyden: JVMLS talk: IJN episode: “Toward Condensers“: “Condensing Indy Bootstraps“: 4:17 Project Amber Project Amber: JEP 455 - primitive patterns: “Pattern Matching in the Java Object Model“: “Uniform handling of failure in switch“: 7:32 Project Valhalla Project Valhalla: JEP 401 - value types: Nullness markers: Conversation about nullness markers: 9:02 Project Panama Project Panama: jextract: 9:51 Project Lilliput Project Lilliput: JVMLS talk: IJN episode: 10:37 Outro Tags: #Java #OpenJDK