JEP proposed to target JDK 18: 420: Pattern Matching for switch (Second Preview)
mark.reinhold at oracle.com
mark.reinhold at oracle.com
Wed Nov 24 00:22:53 UTC 2021
2021/11/15 16:24:17 -0800, mark.reinhold at oracle.com:
> The following JEP is proposed to target JDK 18:
>
> 420: Pattern Matching for switch (Second Preview)
> https://openjdk.java.net/jeps/420
>
> Summary: Enhance the Java programming language with pattern matching
> for switch expressions and statements, along with extensions to the
> language of patterns. Extending pattern matching to switch allows
> an expression to be tested against a number of patterns, each with a
> specific action, so that complex data-oriented queries can be expressed
> concisely and safely.
Hearing no objections, I’ve targeted this JEP to JDK 18.
- Mark
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