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.

Java 8 was released in March 2014 and introduced lambda expressions as its flagship feature. You may already be using them in your code base to write more concise and flexible code.

A look at some of Java 8’s new features, using both Java’s proposed syntax and Scala. We cover lambda expressions, higher-order functions, parallel collections and virtual extension methods ...

With the addition of lambda expressions, Java 8 will correct one of them. Taken together, the major points of this article remind me of Cay Horstmann’s so-called March of Progress, a portion of ...

Many developers get intimidated when they look at all the new APIs that accept lambda expressions as arguments, and wonder how they’ll ever figure out which Java function to use and what the proper ...

Consternation over Java's lambda syntax is the perfect example of how Java's evolution and incremental improvements have created a community of spoiled programmers.

This is due in large part to lambda expressions, which are the most significant and anticipated new feature in Java SE 8. Lambdas (for short) let developers simplify the code they write every day.