What is new in Java 18

Release date 22th March 2022.

1. JEP 400: UTF-8 by Default

2. JEP 408: Simple Web Server

3. JEP 413: Code Snippets in Java API Documentation

4. JEP 416: Reimplement Core Reflection with Method Handles

5. JEP 417: Vector API (Third Incubator)

6. JEP 418: Internet-Address Resolution SPI

7. JEP 419: Foreign Function & Memory API (Second Incubator)

8. JEP 420: Pattern Matching for switch (Second Preview)

8.1. Dominance checking of the same type.

8.2 Exhaustiveness of switch expressions and statements

9. JEP 421: Deprecate Finalization for Removal