The new rule supports upgrading to Java 16. The 100 th refactoring rule is shipped with jSparrow 4.2.0. The jSparrow rules that make use of the new language features, e.g., Pattern Matching for Instanceof, Text Blocks, or Switch Expressions are available for Eclipse 2021-06 (4.20) and later.Ĭhoose 'jSparrow for Eclipse 4.20 and above' in the installation wizard to get jSparrow with the complete rule-set for the latest Java versions. args) (opens new window) by invocations of the new instance method String.formatted(Object. This rule replaces the static invocations of String.format​(String format, Object. This rule replaces multiline String concatenation expressions with Text Block String literals, which turned to standard feature in Java 15. This rule replaces the traditional switch-case statements with switch-case expressions, which turned to standard feature in Java 14. The new rules support some new features in Java 14 and 15. This extends the total number of jSparrow rules to 103. The autumn release of jSparrow 4.3.0 introduces 3 refactoring rules. Here you will find the latest information about releases of the jSparrow Eclipse plugin.