More than 35% of Java applications are using Java 17 in production, up from 9% in 2023, according to New Relic’s 2024 State of the Java Ecosystem report.

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The java.lang.Runtime class’s nested Version class is yet another Java 9 enhancement. For brevity, I refer you to JEP 223: New Version-String Scheme to learn about this enhancement.