The next tutorial in the Java 101 series will introduce method references, which you can combine with lambda expressions to write even more concise, readable Java code.

That all changed with Java 8. As organizations slowly move to Java 8 and Java 11 platforms, more and more developers are getting the opportunity to use lambda expressions — or lambda functions, as ...

Like C# lambda expressions, Java 8 lambda expressions tie an argument list to a body. For example, (int x) -> x * x specifies an integer parameter that’s named x and returns the value of x squared.

When the class is executed, the result is the text string lambda-tutorial.txt written to the console. Example UnaryOperator Lambda expression If you implement the UnaryOperator interface with a ...

Project Lambda and Project Jigsaw The big language features for Java SE 8 are lambda expressions (closures) and default methods (formerly called defender methods or virtual extension methods).