TextBlock: It’s a Java String With Superpowers

Today I discovered Java’s TextBlock. It was love at first sight.

Superman ASCII Art :)

Apparently, It’s an old feature of Java previously called RowString, that wasn’t ready to be shipped because during the testing phase showed several problems.

It was finally delivered in JEP 378 and included in the JDK 15 in September 2020 as a FINAL…