Announcement Java 22 Release : JDK 22 - What's new features in Java 22

After Java 21 latest Long-Term Support (LTS) version of the Java platform, released in September 2024. which offers a variety of new features and enhancements, designed to improve performance, security, and developer productivity. Here's the upcoming standard Java 22 version summary below:

1. Release Status : Currently under Rampdown Phase One, and on March 19, 2024, it will be generally available.

2. Features : Will include 12 features, such as stream gatherers, structured concurrency, scoped value previews, and multi-file program execution.

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Java 22 has below features coming out as part of the JDK 22:

• Second Preview of Scoped Values: Encourages the safe and efficient exchange of immutable data between and across threads.

• Preview of Stream Gatherers: Increases flexibility in stream processing by gathering elements into various data structures.

• Removed Experimental AOT and Graal Features: These features will be investigated through various avenues.

• Reimplemented Core Reflection

• Enhanced Method Handles

• Vector API (Second Incubator)

• Foreign Function & Memory API (Second Incubator)

• Foreign Linker API (Second Incubator)