Announcing Microsoft Build of OpenJDK 21

Microsoft announces the release of the Build of OpenJDK 21, which includes new features such as simplified Java learning for beginners, elevated flexibility with patterns and variables, boosting application performance with Generational ZGC, deconstructing record values with record patterns, enhancing data queries with pattern matching for switch, unveiling the power of virtual threads, addressing gaps with sequenced collections, and redefining strings with string templates. Various frameworks and libraries will soon release their JDK 21 supported versions.