The Stream API and stream gatherers Java streams model dynamic collections of elements. As the spec says, “A stream is a lazily computed, potentially unbounded sequence of values.” ...

Java 24 adds several new features to the language, such as the availability of the Stream Gatherers API and Class-File API, ...

The vector API also will be used often in AI inference and compute scenarios. JDK 24 can be downloaded here. Plans call for JDK 24 to be followed in September by the next LTS release, JDK 25.