Java 22

Java 22 was released in March 2024. It is not an LTS release, and will be obsoleted with the release of Java 23 in September 2024.

Status: General availability.

Resources:

• Release Notes

• OpenJDK Release-Candidate Builds

• Schedule, status and features

Selected changes targeted to Java 22

• JEP 447: Statements before super(...) (Preview)

• JEP 456: Unnamed Variables & Patterns

• JEP 458:Launch Multi-File Source-Code Programs

• JEP 459: String Templates (Second Preview)

• JEP 461: Stream Gatherers (Preview)

• JEP 462:Structured Concurrency (Second Preview)

• JEP 463: Implicitly Declared Classes and Instance Main Methods (Second Preview)

• JEP 464:Scoped Values (Second Preview)