JDK 21: The new features in Java 21

Java Development Kit (JDK) 21, due in September as the next long-term support release of Oracle’s standard Java implementation, is beginning to take form, with sequenced collections, string templates, and virtual threads slated for the release so far.

Virtual threads is a significant improvement to Java concurrency that was added to the JDK 21 page in openjdk.org late last week. Although the JDK 21 release page still lists only two official features, sequenced collections and virtual threads, string templates also is slotted for JDK 21, according to its Java Enhancement Proposal at openjdk.org.

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