Fewer bugs: Since Java handles the type casting automatically, you avoid mistakes like ClassCastException s. In short, pattern matching makes your Java code simpler, safer, and easier to read.

This latest version of Java, due to arrive as a production release on September 16, has 18 features. JDK 25 comes on the heels of JDK 24, a six-month-support release that arrived March 18.

Learn how computers use variables with this KS2 primary computing guide from BBC Bitesize for years 3 and 4.