Records

Record Patterns - Going Beyond Records - A Deep Dive

Record Pattern feature is expected to be a standard feature in Java 21, which is an LTS Release. This is build on top of Records, which have been a standard feature for some time and is gaining popularity. Alongwith Record Patterns, Switch Pattern is also expected to be standard. Switch Pattern is a sort of binder for providing Record Pattern. Given this info, it can be safely assumed that Record Pattern feature is going to be widely used with Java 21 version onwards.

Experience level:

Beginner

Programming Languages & Runtimes

Records – Not Just Constant Classes – A Deep Dive

Manoj N Palat (IBM)

The standard feature of Records is a convenient way to represent constant classes. Though the use of this has not reached the full potential, this feature is quite a useful one even in standalone cases. This talk will discuss the feature of Records from the concept through implementation with actual code examples. Records also bring along with it the concept of “Compact Constructor”, “Canonical Constructor”, “Components”, dos and don’ts in initializations and so on and so forth.

Experience level:

Beginner

Java