A Java developer must also be able to think and code using the declarative functional paradigm. This tutorial presents the basics of functional programming.

Java’s collections like arrays and lists are foundational building blocks. Functional programming techniques are at times the ideal way to work with these collections.

If you want to master functional programming, the best place to start is with the Java Function interface. This example will show you four different ways to implement this functional interface in your ...

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