Java Development Kit 22, set to arrive in March 2024 as the next planned version of Java Standard Edition now has three features planned so far. A seventh incubator of a vector API and unnamed variables and patterns have just joined a foreign function and memory API as features due in JDK 22.
The vector API was in the “proposed to target” state as of October 30, while unnamed variables and patterns, and the foreign function and memory API were in the officially targeted stage. Early-access builds of JDK 22 are available at jdk.java.net for Linux, Windows, and Mac. Official descriptions of the three capabilities so far are as follows:
