diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-17/README.md b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/README.md
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+### Relevant articles:
+
+- TODO
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-17/pom.xml b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/pom.xml
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+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/pom.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+    <artifactId>core-java-17</artifactId>
+    <version>0.1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <name>core-java-17</name>
+    <packaging>jar</packaging>
+    <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+
+    <parent>
+        <groupId>com.baeldung</groupId>
+        <artifactId>parent-modules</artifactId>
+        <version>1.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
+        <relativePath>../../</relativePath>
+    </parent>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>${assertj.version}</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
+			<version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${junit-jupiter.version}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+    </dependencies>
+
+    <build>
+        <plugins>
+            <plugin>
+                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
+                <configuration>
+                    <release>${maven.compiler.release}</release>
+                    <compilerArgs>--enable-preview</compilerArgs>
+                    <source>${maven.compiler.source.version}</source>
+                    <target>${maven.compiler.target.version}</target>
+                </configuration>
+            </plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>${surefire.plugin.version}</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<argLine>--enable-preview</argLine>
+					<forkCount>1</forkCount>
+				</configuration>
+				<dependencies>
+					<dependency>
+						<groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
+						<artifactId>surefire-api</artifactId>
+						<version>${surefire.plugin.version}</version>
+					</dependency>
+				</dependencies>
+			</plugin>
+        </plugins>
+    </build>
+
+    <properties>
+        <maven.compiler.source.version>17</maven.compiler.source.version>
+        <maven.compiler.target.version>17</maven.compiler.target.version>
+		<maven.compiler.release>17</maven.compiler.release>
+		<maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.8.1</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
+		<surefire.plugin.version>3.0.0-M5</surefire.plugin.version>
+		<assertj.version>3.17.2</assertj.version>
+    </properties>
+
+</project>
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diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/GuardedPatterns.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/GuardedPatterns.java
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+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/GuardedPatterns.java
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+package com.baeldung.switchpatterns;
+
+public class GuardedPatterns {
+
+    static double getDoubleValueUsingIf(Object o) {
+        return switch (o) {
+            case String s -> {
+                if (s.length() > 0) {
+                    yield Double.parseDouble(s);
+                } else {
+                    yield 0d;
+                }
+            }
+            default -> 0d;
+        };
+    }
+
+    static double getDoubleValueUsingGuardedPatterns(Object o) {
+        return switch (o) {
+            case String s && s.length() > 0 -> Double.parseDouble(s);
+            default -> 0d;
+        };
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/HandlingNullValues.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/HandlingNullValues.java
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+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/HandlingNullValues.java
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+package com.baeldung.switchpatterns;
+
+public class HandlingNullValues {
+
+    static double getDoubleUsingSwitchNullCase(Object o) {
+        return switch (o) {
+            case String s -> Double.parseDouble(s);
+            case null -> 0d;
+            default -> 0d;
+        };
+    }
+
+    static double getDoubleUsingSwitchTotalType(Object o) {
+        return switch (o) {
+            case String s -> Double.parseDouble(s);
+            case Object ob -> 0d;
+        };
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/ParenthesizedPatterns.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/ParenthesizedPatterns.java
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+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/ParenthesizedPatterns.java
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+package com.baeldung.switchpatterns;
+
+public class ParenthesizedPatterns {
+
+    static double getDoubleValueUsingIf(Object o) {
+        return switch (o) {
+            case String s -> {
+                if (s.length() > 0) {
+                    if (s.contains("#") || s.contains("@")) {
+                        yield 0d;
+                    } else {
+                        yield Double.parseDouble(s);
+                    }
+                } else {
+                    yield 0d;
+                }
+            }
+            default -> 0d;
+        };
+    }
+
+    static double getDoubleValueUsingParenthesizedPatterns(Object o) {
+        return switch (o) {
+            case String s && s.length() > 0 && !(s.contains("#") || s.contains("@")) -> Double.parseDouble(s);
+            default -> 0d;
+        };
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/PatternMatching.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/PatternMatching.java
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index 0000000000..f026caa3f1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/PatternMatching.java
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+package com.baeldung.switchpatterns;
+
+public class PatternMatching {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        Object o = args[0];
+        if (o instanceof String s) {
+            System.out.printf("Object is a string %s", s);
+        } else if(o instanceof Number n) {
+            System.out.printf("Object is a number %n", n);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/SwitchStatement.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/SwitchStatement.java
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index 0000000000..17d2b1856d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/SwitchStatement.java
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+package com.baeldung.switchpatterns;
+
+public class SwitchStatement {
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        final String b = "B";
+        switch (args[0]) {
+            case "A" -> System.out.println("Parameter is A");
+            case b -> System.out.println("Parameter is b");
+            default -> System.out.println("Parameter is unknown");
+        };
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/TypePatterns.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/TypePatterns.java
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index 0000000000..47af090ad0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/main/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/TypePatterns.java
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+package com.baeldung.switchpatterns;
+
+public class TypePatterns {
+
+    static double getDoubleUsingIf(Object o) {
+        double result;
+
+        if (o instanceof Integer) {
+            result = ((Integer) o).doubleValue();
+        } else if (o instanceof Float) {
+            result = ((Float) o).doubleValue();
+        } else if (o instanceof String) {
+            result = Double.parseDouble(((String) o));
+        } else {
+            result = 0d;
+        }
+
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    static double getDoubleUsingSwitch(Object o) {
+        return switch (o) {
+            case Integer i -> i.doubleValue();
+            case Float f -> f.doubleValue();
+            case String s -> Double.parseDouble(s);
+            default -> 0d;
+        };
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/test/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/GuardedPatternsUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/test/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/GuardedPatternsUnitTest.java
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index 0000000000..cff8b1caca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/test/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/GuardedPatternsUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.switchpatterns;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static com.baeldung.switchpatterns.GuardedPatterns.*;
+
+class GuardedPatternsUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void givenIfImplementation_whenUsingEmptyString_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(0d, getDoubleValueUsingIf(""));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenIfImplementation_whenUsingNonEmptyString_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(10d, getDoubleValueUsingIf("10"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenPatternsImplementation_whenUsingEmptyString_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(0d, getDoubleValueUsingGuardedPatterns(""));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenPatternsImplementation_whenUsingNonEmptyString_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(10d, getDoubleValueUsingGuardedPatterns("10"));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/test/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/HandlingNullValuesUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/test/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/HandlingNullValuesUnitTest.java
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index 0000000000..ffe045cc26
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/test/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/HandlingNullValuesUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.switchpatterns;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static com.baeldung.switchpatterns.HandlingNullValues.*;
+
+class HandlingNullValuesUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void givenNullCaseInSwitch_whenUsingStringAsArgument_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(10d, getDoubleUsingSwitchNullCase("10"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenTotalTypeInSwitch_whenUsingNullArgument_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(0d, getDoubleUsingSwitchNullCase(null));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenTotalTypeInSwitch_whenUsingStringAsArgument_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(10d, getDoubleUsingSwitchTotalType("10"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenNullCaseInSwitch_whenUsingNullArgument_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(0d, getDoubleUsingSwitchTotalType(null));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/test/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/ParenthesizedPatternsUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/test/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/ParenthesizedPatternsUnitTest.java
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index 0000000000..9548c9f0b6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/test/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/ParenthesizedPatternsUnitTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+package com.baeldung.switchpatterns;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static com.baeldung.switchpatterns.ParenthesizedPatterns.*;
+
+class ParenthesizedPatternsUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void givenIfImplementation_whenUsingEmptyString_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(0d, getDoubleValueUsingIf(""));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenIfImplementation_whenUsingNonEmptyString_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(10d, getDoubleValueUsingIf("10"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenIfImplementation_whenStringContainsSpecialChar_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(0d, getDoubleValueUsingIf("@10"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenPatternsImplementation_whenUsingEmptyString_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(0d, getDoubleValueUsingParenthesizedPatterns(""));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenPatternsImplementation_whenUsingNonEmptyString_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(10d, getDoubleValueUsingParenthesizedPatterns("10"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenPatternsImplementation_whenStringContainsSpecialChar_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(0d, getDoubleValueUsingParenthesizedPatterns("@10"));
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/test/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/TypePatternsUnitTest.java b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/test/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/TypePatternsUnitTest.java
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index 0000000000..25988be53d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/core-java-modules/core-java-17/src/test/java/com/baeldung/switchpatterns/TypePatternsUnitTest.java
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+package com.baeldung.switchpatterns;
+
+import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static com.baeldung.switchpatterns.TypePatterns.*;
+
+class TypePatternsUnitTest {
+
+    @Test
+    void givenIfImplementation_whenUsingIntegerAsArgument_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(10d, getDoubleUsingIf(10));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenIfImplementation_whenUsingDoubleAsArgument_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(10d, getDoubleUsingIf(10.0f));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenIfImplementation_whenUsingStringAsArgument_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(10d, getDoubleUsingIf("10"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenIfImplementation_whenUsingCharAsArgument_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(0d, getDoubleUsingIf('c'));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenSwitchImplementation_whenUsingIntegerAsArgument_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(10d, getDoubleUsingSwitch(10));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenSwitchImplementation_whenUsingDoubleAsArgument_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(10d, getDoubleUsingSwitch(10.0f));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenSwitchImplementation_whenUsingStringAsArgument_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(10d, getDoubleUsingSwitch("10"));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    void givenSwitchImplementation_whenUsingCharAsArgument_thenDoubleIsReturned() {
+        assertEquals(0d, getDoubleUsingSwitch('c'));
+    }
+
+}