#JavaEvolved

☕ Spring Framework 7 API Versioning Replace duplicated version-prefixed controllers with Spring Framework 7's native API ver… Manual URL Path Versioning → Native API Versioning (JDK 17+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

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☕ Servlet versus JAX-RS Replace verbose HttpServlet boilerplate with declarative JAX-RS resource classes. HttpServlet → JAX-RS Resource (JDK 11+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

☕ HexFormat Convert between hex strings and byte arrays with HexFormat. Manual Hex Conversion → HexFormat (JDK 17+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

☕ Scoped values Share data across call stacks safely without ThreadLocal pitfalls. ThreadLocal → ScopedValue (JDK 25+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

☕ Map.entry() factory Create map entries with a clean factory method. SimpleEntry → Map.entry() (JDK 9+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

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☕ Guarded patterns with when Add conditions to pattern cases using when guards. Nested if → when Clause (JDK 21+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

☕ Modern HTTP client Use the built-in HttpClient for clean, modern HTTP requests. HttpURLConnection → HttpClient (JDK 11+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

☕ Pattern matching in switch Replace if-else instanceof chains with clean switch type patterns. if-else Chain → Type Patterns (JDK 21+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

☕ Markdown in Javadoc comments Write Javadoc comments in Markdown instead of HTML for better readability. HTML-based Javadoc → Markdown Javadoc (JDK 23+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

☕ String.lines() for line splitting Use String.lines() to split text into a stream of lines without regex overhead. split("\\n") → lines() (JDK 11+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

☕ Module import declarations Import all exported packages of a module with a single declaration. Many Imports → import module (JDK 25+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

☕ Unmodifiable collectors Collect directly to an unmodifiable list with stream.toList(). collectingAndThen → stream.toList() (JDK 16+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

☕ Helpful NullPointerExceptions JVM automatically tells you exactly which variable was null. Cryptic NPE → Detailed NPE (JDK 14+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

☕ Manual JPA Transaction vs Declarative @Transactional Replace verbose begin/commit/rollback blocks with a single @Transactiona… Manual Transaction → @Transactional (JDK 11+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

☕ Duration and Period Calculate time differences with type-safe Duration and Period. Millisecond Math → Duration / Period (JDK 8+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

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☕ Pattern matching for instanceof Combine type check and cast in one step with pattern matching. instanceof + Cast → Pattern Variable (JDK 16+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

☕ Record patterns (destructuring) Destructure records directly in patterns — extract fields in one step. Manual Access → Destructuring (JDK 21+) 🔗 #Java #JavaEvolved

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