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).

Find out how to use the Pattern class and constructs like quantifiers and boundary matchers to describe patterns in your Java programs.

Think you've nailed the basics of Java pattern matching? Keep learning with these Java pattern matching examples involving records, inferred types and generics.

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).

Two OpenJDK draft proposals would enhance the expressiveness of pattern matching in Java and boost data-oriented queries, potentially previewing in Java 17.