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Java 22

Status End of Life
Release Date 2024-03-19
EOL Date 2024-09-17
Latest Version 22.0.2
Class File Version 66.0
Unicode Version 15.1.0
API Changes Compare to 21 - 20 - 19 - 18 - 17 - 16 - 15 - 14 - 13 - 12 - 11 - 10 - 9 - 8 - 7 - 6 - 5 - 1.4 - 1.3 - 1.2 - 1.1 - 1.0
Documentation Release Notes, Language Spec, VM Spec, JavaDoc
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New Features

Here are all new features in Java 22 by category. There is also of list of all features of all Java releases.

JVM

Language

API

Tools

Should I Upgrade?

Java 22 is end-of-life since 2024-09-17. Unless you have a support contract for this version and a compelling reason to stay on the old version you should definitely upgrade to a newer version with active support.

There is no newer long term support LTS version than the version you're currently using. But you can upgrade to the latest regular release Java 24 which is currently maintained.

Downloads

Vendor Product License Platform Downloads
Adoptium Eclipse Temurin GPLv2+CE
Azul Systems Zulu Builds of OpenJDK 22 GPLv2+CE
BellSoft Liberica GPLv2+CE
IBM Semeru Runtime Open Edition, Version 22 GPLv2+CE
Oracle Oracle JDK 22 Oracle No-Fee
SAP SapMachine 22 GPLv2+CE

Sandbox

Instantly compile and run Java 22 snippets without a local Java installation.

import java.text.ListFormat; import java.util.List; public class Java22 { public static void main(String[] args) { var f = ListFormat.getInstance(); System.out.printf(f.format(List.of("classes", "interfaces", "enums", "records"))); } }