Java’s character and assorted string classes offer low-level support for pattern matching, but that support typically leads to complex code. For simpler and more efficient coding, Java offers ...

Java SE 14 (March 2020) introduced a limited form of pattern matching as a preview feature, which becomes a permanent feature in Java SE 16 (March 2021).

For their part, Java-language design patterns account for Java language specifics. Some are unique to Java and are usually informal (for example, exceptions and primitives), while others are OO ...