In my previous post I wrote about Function interface which is part of java.util.package. I also mentioned about Predicate interface which is part of the same package and in this post I will show you how you can make use… Read More ›
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Function interface- A functional interface in the java.util.function package in Java 8
I had previously written about functional interfaces and their usage. If you are exploring the APIs to be part of Java 8 and especially those APIs which support lambda expressions you will find few interfaces like- Function, Supplier, Consumer, Predicate… Read More ›
Introduction to Functional Interfaces – A concept recreated in Java 8
Any java developer around the world would have used at least one of the following interfaces: java.lang.Runnable, java.awt.event.ActionListener, java.util.Comparator, java.util.concurrent.Callable. There is some common feature among the stated interfaces and that feature is they have only one method declared in… Read More ›
Introduction to Default Methods (Defender Methods) in Java 8
We all know that interfaces in Java contain only method declarations and no implementations and any non-abstract class implementing the interface had to provide the implementation. Lets look at an example: Now what if I add a new method in… Read More ›
A look at Netbeans support for upcoming language enhancements in Java 8
While I was working on the samples for this post using the Nebeans nightly builds with support for Lambda Expressions downloaded from here. I found that the IDE gave good suggestions for converting the code to use the Java 8… Read More ›
Extracting the elements of the Java Collection- The Java 8 way
We all have extensively used Collection classes like List, Map and their derived versions. And each time we used them we had to iterate through them to either find some element or update the elements or find different elements matching… Read More ›
Using Lambda Expression to sort a List in Java 8 using Netbeans Lambda Support
As part of JSR 335 Lambda expressions are being introduced to the Java language from Java 8 onwards and this is a major change in the Java language. If you want to learn more about the what Lambda expressions and… Read More ›
Whats in store for Project Lambda in Java 8?
There are lot of things happening in the Project Lambda branch of JDK 8 and these are quite significant for Java programmers. I know lot of Anti-Java people would criticize these changes claiming them to be too late. But for… Read More ›
Overview of the Java sessions at the Great Indian Dev Summit-2012
There was a lot to learn at the Java sessions of the GIDS 2012 with topics covering Java 7, Java 8, Concurrency in Java using STM model, Java EE 7 and its various JSRs, Scala, JavaScript among other topics. And… Read More ›
