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Java 14 packs a lot of Java language features for you. It includes Records and Pattern Matching for instanceof as preview language features, and Text Blocks in the second preview. It also adds Switch Expressions as a Standard language Feature. With Records, you get a compact syntax for declaring …
By profiling your Java application, you can discover the methods that execute in your application and for how long. Using these metrics, you can determine ways to improve the performance of your system. In this blog post, I’ll walk you through the support that IntelliJ IDEA has for profiling Java a…
With Text Blocks, Java 13 is making it easier for you to work with multi-line String values. You would no longer need concatenation operators or escape sequences for your HTML, XML, JSON, or SQL queries, stored as String values. Java 13 has also modified the Switch Expressions, which was released…
The idea of Inline Method Refactoring is simple – replace a method call with its contents. Still, it is really powerful. But to appreciate its power, you need to know its use cases. Let’s understand why, when, and how to apply the Inline Method refactoring and how IntelliJ IDEA can help you get s…
As a code base ages, new code is added, and the existing code is modified to meet the business requirements. This can often have a negative impact on the design and structure of the code. Developers may fear working with such code as it is difficult to understand, modify, or extend. As a develope…
With switch expressions, Java 12 is enhancing one of its basic language constructs – switch – to improve everyday coding experience for developers. Benefits are multi-fold. As compared to the ‘traditional’ switch constructs, switch expressions can return a value. The ability to define multiple const…
