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#Java18 comes out later today - what can you expect from Java's newest release? Here's a 🧡 with one tweet per feature - short and sweet.

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Pattern Matching for `switch` (2nd preview)
openjdk.java.net/jeps/420

Changes:
* constant case labels must now appear before guarded patterns of the same type
* exhaustiveness checking is now more precise when sealed classes and generics mix

Another preview is expected in #JDK19.
Vector API (3rd incubation)
openjdk.java.net/jeps/417

Changes:
* support for ARM Scalar Vector Extension (SVE)
* performance for masked ops improved on architectures that support masking in hardware

Vector API will stay incubating until Valhalla's value/primitive types.
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