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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
