Java SE 14 (March 2020) introduced a limited form of pattern matching as a preview feature, which becomes a permanent feature in Java SE 16 (March 2021).

Java’s character and assorted string classes offer low-level support for pattern matching, but that support typically leads to complex code. For simpler and more efficient coding, Java offers ...

In this post, I look at use of the builder pattern to reduce the number of parameters required for a constructor with some discussion on how this pattern can even help with non-constructor methods ...