Introduction to Java Streams
What are Java Streams? A Java stream is a sequence of elements of a specific type that are consumed from a source like Collections, arrays, or I/O resources. Streams are…
What are Java Streams? A Java stream is a sequence of elements of a specific type that are consumed from a source like Collections, arrays, or I/O resources. Streams are…
The Java Supplier interface of the java.util.function package is a functional interface that is often used as an assignment target for lambda expressions. The get() method is the class’s only…
The Java Function interface of the java.util.function package is a functional interface that is often used as an assignment target for lambda expressions. The apply(T t) method is the class’s…
The Java Predicate interface of the java.util.function package is a functional interface that is often used as an assignment target for lambda expressions. The test(T t) method is the class’s…
The Java Consumer interface of the java.util.function package is a functional interface that is often used as an assignment target for lambda expressions. accept(T t) is the interface’s single abstract…
Simply put, a Java functional interface is an interface with a single abstract method. Functional interfaces were released with Java 8 and provide target types for lambda expressions. The java.util.function…
In general a lambda expression is an anonymous function, which means for some combination of inputs, there is a specific output. In the context of Java, a lambda expression is…