This tutorial demonstrates the power of lambda expressions by contrasting implementations of a mathematical example using C++, Java without lambdas, and Java 8 with lambda expressions.

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. Related content analysis ...

The goal of a lambda expression is to reduce the verbosity of Java code, especially for those situations where you need to override an interface with only one functional method. Here is how the code ...

In Java, there are many, many places in which a piece of code needs a single method implementation. And there are many interfaces in the Java API where only a single method needs to be implemented.