Pattern Matching in Switches and Security Manager Deprecation - Inside Java Newscast #5

JEP 406, which is a candidate for Java 17, introduces pattern matching in switch statements and expressions, introduces guarded patterns, and improves null handling. Then we need to talk about JEP 411's deprecation of the security manager.

Show Notes

Pattern matching and switches:

• JEP 406

• JEP 394

• JEP 361

Security manager deprecation:

• JEP 411

• introduction of "allow"/"disallow"

• SecurityManager JavaDoc

• Equinox bug

• Tom Watson is on it

• Equinox patch

• NetBeans bug

• NetBeans patch tweet

• Security and Sandboxing Post SecurityManager

• mailing list conversations: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

• Java security mailing list

Additional Resources

• dev.java: the destination for Java developers

• OpenJDK: the place to collaborate on the Java Platform and related projects

• Oracle Java: the #1 programming language and development platform

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