Introduced with the Java 17 release, pattern matching enhances the instanceof operator so Java developers can better check and object's type and extract its components, and more efficiently deal with ...

First we’ll unpack the three powerful classes residing in the java.util.regex package, then we’ll explore the Pattern class and its sophisticated pattern-matching constructs.

JEP 455, Primitive Types in Patterns, instanceof, and switch (Preview), has been promoted from Proposed to Target to Targeted for JDK 23. This JEP, under the auspices of Project Amber, proposes to enh ...