Java Versions & Features

Visual summary of Java Features added since Java 9. Feature clusters show the focus areas over the years. 

• Initially (ver 9+) focus was on adding some scripting type features & stabilizing the big ticket features added previously.
• GC & Performance was in focus through the next several versions.
• Patterns with Switch, InstanceOf, Type, etc have comein since ver 11+.
• From 14+ Foreign Memory, Vector API, Unix Socket, etc various performant direct host I/O/ parallel computing features have made it in.
• Some syntactic additions like Module import, When clause, etc are part of the more recent releases.
  

References:

• Diagram's datasheet
• https://medium.com/@chandantechie/comprehensive-list-of-java-versions-with-key-features-and-upcoming-releases-54be35646cca
• https://docs.oracle.com/en/java/javase/23/language/java-language-changes.html#GUID-6459681C-6881-45D8-B0DB-395D1BD6DB9B
• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history
  
• https://www.marcobehler.com/guides/a-guide-to-java-versions-and-features#_java_features_8_20
• https://www.javatpoint.com/java-versions
• https://howtodoinjava.com/series/java-versions-features/