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.

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.

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.

The goal of a lambda expression in Java is to implement a single method. All Java methods have an argument list and a body, so it should come as no surprise that these two elements are an important ...

Lambda bring functional programming, a specialty of Scala, to Java 8. In the Java Source blog, Wieldt said that the need to get Project Lambda into this version was an important goal that has now ...

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.

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 ...